The way those uncouth colonials butcher the Queen's English is abominable.
The service should send Steed and Mrs Peel to make them conform.
Terpsichore? It's all Greek to me.
Oh, I had to look it up to catch that pun. :thumb:
The only one that I know I got wrong was ague, which I thought rhymed with plague, rather than plague you.
I've been pronouncing it uh-gyoo.
Ay-gyoo, huh?
Harrumph.
Oh, I had to look it up to catch that pun. :thumb:
We're even then. I had to look it up to make the pun.
Hah!
[size=1]Pardon me, I'm in quite an advanced state of refreshment; to paraphrase our dear Carruthers.[/size]
To add to the above...
Gloucester
Leicester
Bicester
Worcester*
*Residents of Pennsylvania are excused this one.
Thanks for the name check Mr G. :thumb:
To add to the above...
Gloucester
Leicester
Bicester
Worcester*
*Residents of Pennsylvania are excused this one.
Thanks for the name check Mr G. :thumb:
I'm told that Looga-Barooga, sorry Loughborough, is the one visitors from across the Atlantic struggle with most.
As for 'ague' - you should keep up with your Shakespeare and 'Twelfth Night' (season appropriate) featuring the pale and blond Sir Andrew Aguecheek.
Worcester*
*Residents of Pennsylvania are excused this one.
We have a Worcester Township in Pennsylvania, and it's pronounced incorrectly. But in Worcester, Massachusetts, it's pronounced properly.
We have a Worcester Township in Pennsylvania, and it's pronounced incorrectly. But in Worcester, Massachusetts, it's pronounced properly.
My mistake. I was relying on memory (not a good idea) and got things arse about face.
Ah, you know, I only mentioned it because I'm always annoyed that the people of Worcester Township are somehow saying it wrong.
It makes them sound like county bumpkins, and they live in $5,000,000 homes.
Horse and worse got me after saying horse then worse about made my bottom plate fall out.
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Ah, you know, I only mentioned it because I'm always annoyed that the people of Worcester Township are somehow saying it wrong.
It makes them sound like county bumpkins, and they live in $5,000,000 homes.
When you live in a half million dollar home you're entitled to say it any way you want. Just ask them. ;)
I'm told that Looga-Barooga, sorry Loughborough, is the one visitors from across the Atlantic struggle with most.
(K and an E and a T and a T, E and an R and an I-N-G...)
Comedian James Acaster has a whole bit about Loughborough being called "Looga-Barooga," which I assumed Rhianne was referencing. Another bit of his is a supposed sports song he made up about Kettering Town FC (his home town.)
It's funnier than it sounds:
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All is now clear!
Many thanks. :thumb:
The only one that I know I got wrong was ague, which I thought rhymed with plague, rather than plague you.
I've been pronouncing it uh-gyoo.
Ay-gyoo, huh?
Harrumph.
No one's gonna ague with you