Reply to: Just been on one of the new GWR Hitachis

[fullyautomatix]

I'm actually in Yate, slightly North East of Bristol

N.B. Should you ever bring Yate into a conversation during your sojourn in Bristol it's pronounced YAHTAY not YAYT. Just thought I should bring this to your attention otherwise you may be found floating face down in the Feeder Canal.

HTH.

Is there a CUK romance brewing ?? :

[Mordac]

Don't get me started on Ma-kans (pronounced Maw-cawns), I almost bought one until the receptionist at the OPC in Guildford decided to correct my pronunciation in a rather condescending* way.





*Condescending means that she talked down to me as if I was a child or simpleton

Do we need a poll on this or are we all agreed...?

[WTFH]

Can anyone living in one of those pretentious mispronounced hotspots count how many Porsche Macans they see. Thanks.

Don't get me started on Ma-kans (pronounced Maw-cawns), I almost bought one until the receptionist at the OPC in Guildford decided to correct my pronunciation in a rather condescending* way.





*Condescending means that she talked down to me as if I was a child or simpleton.

[Hobosapien]

Can anyone living in one of those pretentious mispronounced hotspots count how many Porsche Macans they see. Thanks.

[WTFH]

Not round these 'ere parts, and I'm near those there parts.

Maybe my hazy memory is playing tricks on me, but I thought some of the local home owners used a different pronunciation because they didn't like the idea that they lived in beaver.

[Platypus]

It gets 2 different pronunciations - Beaver and Bell View

Not round these 'ere parts, and I'm near those there parts.

[Pip in a Poke]

Irish trains are wider. Its the gauge....

Yes but it can still be the same rolling stock mounted on different wogies.

[northernladyuk]

It gets 2 different pronunciations - Beaver and Bell View

So the view on this is split?

[WTFH]

fnarr fnarr

It gets 2 different pronunciations - Beaver and Bell View

[northernladyuk]

Irish trains are wider. Its the gauge....

They are also on strike once a week.

[Platypus]

Belvoir

fnarr fnarr

[Pip in a Poke]

Nice ones - Thanks!

I'm guessing Breightmet is a shortened Saxon form of "Bright Helmet", named after a large assembly of soldiers that occurred there at some time.

(like Brighton in Sussex, which until the early 19th century was spelled Brighthelmstone, short for "Bright Helmets Town" as it was named in Saxon times)

I'm sure there still are a lot of "bright" helmets there.

[BR14]

feck me! - you lot really SHOULD get out more

[stek]

Nice ones - Thanks!

I'm guessing Breightmet is a shortened Saxon form of "Bright Helmet", named after a large assembly of soldiers that occurred there at some time.

(like Brighton in Sussex, which until the early 19th century was spelled Brighthelmstone, short for "Bright Helmets Town" as it was named in Saxon times)

Breightmet actually quite east BR-EIGHT-met like Br 8 met! Think it cones from Bright Mat, used to lay out flaxen sheets to dry on the hills - not googled it tho. The Rocket pub in Breightmet was one of the roughest in Bolton.
Daubhill is Dobble
Tallaght is Ta-ler
Mouswald is Moozul
Tothorwald is Toth-orruld
Moniaive (where I used to live) is Mon-ee-ive
St John's Town of Dalry - Sint Johns Town of Dal-rye
and my favourite, quite easy tho, Haulgh of Urr is Hoff of Urgh - as in The Man with Two Brains nearly!

[WTFH]

Belvoir Park
Leigh in Surrey
Hunstanton
Kirkcudbright
Leominster
Teignmouth