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Not quite the magic.
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Denburybob | Report | 11 Jul 2018 18:56 |
During trade training in the army, there was a large map of Cyprus on the wall for some reason. I asked Stan, next to me, to ask the instructor where Episcopi was, only I got him to pronounce it eppy skoppy. He didn't forgive me that for a long time. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 11 Jul 2018 17:24 |
talking of mispronounciation. I have always read a lot and understood most words from an early age, but there is one word I must not have heard read aloud. I was in my 20s and taking A level english. for some reason we were reading around the class, only a few mature students the remainder teenagers who fell about laughing when I pronounced misled as 'missled (i.e. not miss led). Even at that age I had always read it thus. and, yes I was embarrassed. :-D :-D |
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Sharron | Report | 11 Jul 2018 14:43 |
I am still wanting to see an empty bottle of beer. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 11 Jul 2018 14:21 |
A certain shampoo, claims to be "Original" yet new and improved.. |
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PatinCyprus | Report | 11 Jul 2018 12:25 |
Tara a bit is used in my home town of Walsall. |
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Denburybob | Report | 11 Jul 2018 12:03 |
My favourite Midlands expression is "tara a bit". I am trying to put it into everyday use here darn sarf in "the smoke". |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 10 Jul 2018 21:35 |
Bob :-D :-D |
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Sharron | Report | 10 Jul 2018 21:02 |
I suppose that, as one who says somewhen, I am not in a very strong position to complain. |
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Denburybob | Report | 10 Jul 2018 20:42 |
... and, why do so many people start the answer to a question with "So" As in, what do you do for a living? So, I'm a .... |
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Denburybob | Report | 10 Jul 2018 20:40 |
Bloke goes for an interview on a building site. The interviewer asks him if he knows the difference between girder and joist. "Sure, and didn't Joyce write Ulyses, and Goethe write Proust?" Bit of an intellectual joke there. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 10 Jul 2018 20:04 |
There are 2 words that drive me crazy |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 10 Jul 2018 11:35 |
True, Kense, and the constant lack the use of 'too'. |
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Kense | Report | 10 Jul 2018 10:58 |
What surprises me is that 'to', which used to be pronounced similarly to 'too' and 'two' now is pronounced as 'ter'. |
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Sharron | Report | 10 Jul 2018 10:55 |
You have been what there?! |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 10 Jul 2018 10:22 |
:-D :-D :-D |
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Sharron | Report | 10 Jul 2018 09:34 |
As you know, I am a bit of a swede basher and my Namibian mate's daughter thinks it hilarious to get me to say brown. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 10 Jul 2018 00:27 |
Sharron, I have actually asked for a bus ticket to the railway station, only for the driver to not know where I meant! |
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Sharron | Report | 9 Jul 2018 21:37 |
Was only thinking this morning that, now we don't seem to use proper English anymore, the Simon and Garfunkel song, 'Homeward Bound' may have lost it's magic. |