Soon I hope to be going to see a production of Oklahoma and in preparation I was singing my way through it. All very well until I reached the end bit of the title song. Normally I'm pretty good at spelling (I'm not being big headed here - I have the certificates from junior school to prove it) but when it comes to spelling Oklahoma in the middle of the song I just can't do it. I mostly end up with Oklamahoma (which wouldn't be a bad attempt if I was Homer Simpson) because I'm just not sure where to stop with the consonant, vowel, consonant, vowel pattern. (I have the same problem with Bananarama and French pineapples.) The closest I got was Oklahama. It's not as easy as they make it look you know. Suffice to say I won't be singing along on the night.

"We're doing fine Oklahoma, Oklahoma O.K.L.A.M.A.H.O.M.A"

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