01-11-2005, 09:12 PM
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The BBC's "Big Dig" Mystery
In message , Jaques
d'Alltrades writes
The message
from (WaltA) contains these words:
On 30 Oct 2005 16:05:00 -0800, "Jollygreenp" wrote:
We've been known to roast foreigners on the spit for
mistakes like that. I bet you pronounce Helmsley with an L in it as
well!
OT
PS
I suggest a long slow boil, at my age I think you would find me a bit
tough and stringy :-)
Are you angling for an invitation to pronounce Kirkcudbrightshire
or Jedburgh, hehee.
of course I would not be so crass or inept as to admit to a typo ,
would I :-))
PPS
When did Berwick(pronounce that if you will)-on-Tweed officially cease
to be at war with Russia ?
Answers in a brown paper envelope with a tenner please :-))
/OT
And while he's about it he can have a stab at Wymondham, Milngavie,
Costessey and Stiffkey...
Strachan, Cholmondely, Featherstonehaugh, Wildboarclough, Pontefact,
Loch Avon, ...
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Stewart Robert Hinsley
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