Paid Members ElCece Posted December 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: No but this reminds me of when I read Trainspotting for the first time. I'd seen the film a tonne of times (was probably about 16 when I first read it versus around 12 with the film) and was incredibly confused by Ken. I kept thinking "I don't remember any Ken character" I asked a friend who's Mum was Scottish who duly informed me. Massively confusing as every other word in the book is Ken. I moved from England to Scotland at the start of secondary school and would hear people talk about doing or going for a jobbie. It took a good year to realise it wasn't a local way of talking about completing a task. Edited December 26, 2020 by ElCece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted December 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 26, 2020 There's an area of Leicester called Belvoir. However for some ridiculous reason it's pronounced Beaver. It makes no sense. Complete nonsense that lots of people blindly follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted December 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 26, 2020 When I went up to secondary school, I ended up with a similar situation. Like with all schools, the teacher had to be address as Mr, Mrs or Miss(insert surname here). Towards the final year, during a registration, our form teacher started a conversation about who our favorite/worst teachers were and if we had any that we'd never had a class with. I started going on about how I'd never even seen two of them, Mr Nicholli and Mr Silver, and asked out form teacher if they were only part time or had left.A confused murmer went round and someone said that I'd had detention with both of them, recently, so must know them. I mentioned that I can't remember any male teachers taking the detention duties for ages, when my form teacher clicked on. Turns out they were not men. They were MISS Da Nicholli and MISS Da Silva. I felt a proper dickhead and got some stick for it from the mates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 A coordinator at my last job replied to email thread after something had been fixed saying she was glad the problem had been "nipped in the butt" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 29 minutes ago, BigJag said: There's an area of Leicester called Belvoir. However for some ridiculous reason it's pronounced Beaver. It makes no sense. Complete nonsense that lots of people blindly follow. Can’t really complain when you’re from “Lester”. Remember that MMA guy who was announced as hailing from Lye-Chester? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted December 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 26, 2020 37 minutes ago, BigJag said: There's an area of Leicester called Belvoir. However for some ridiculous reason it's pronounced Beaver. It makes no sense. Complete nonsense that lots of people blindly follow. We have an area in Barnsley called Barugh Green. But it's pronounces Bark Green. Causes no end of confusion for those who are not local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted December 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Keith Houchen said: Likewise, I thought there was a prominent Irish politician called Shin Fayne. You have just given my little sister an unexpected Christmas gift, of not feeling entirely alone. We've sometimes teased her about it (just because it was quite sweet, not to be mean), but when she was quite young, she thought the guy we know as Gerry Adams was called "Sinn Fein", because, every time they were in the news, we only ever saw him. She didn't find out he was Gerry Adams and that Sinn Fein was a party until the mid-2000s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuperBacon Posted December 26, 2020 Members Share Posted December 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, scratchdj said: Until quite recently I thought Ray Liotta was called Rayleigh Otter, despite never knowing or hearing of anyone else being called Rayleigh and being well aware of the name Ray. I genuinely can't believe this. How in the fuck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted December 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 26, 2020 21 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Can’t really complain when you’re from “Lester”. Remember that MMA guy who was announced as hailing from Lye-Chester? Buffer wouldn't have made that schoolboy error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted December 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 26, 2020 For a while a few years ago I did think there was a TV programme called Celebrity Jews. I was aware it was on ITV2, but I had never seen the name written down. It turns out that Keith Lemon isn't Jewish and that programme is definitely not kosher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinc Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 As a child I thought the Conservatives were actually the Conservatories. And that the nickname ‘the Tories’ was an abbreviation of the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members CleetusVanDamme Posted December 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 26, 2020 Tequila Mockingbird, ffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 1 hour ago, BigJag said: Buffer wouldn't have made that schoolboy error. "Hailing from..." *looks at card with 'Loughborough' written on it* "...Loogah-Boroogah!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Wiseau Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 If we're going down the "locals pronounce it in a way very different to how you'd think having read it on a map" (catchy ain't it) then Caldmore (famous for being the re red light zone in Walsall, no idea if it still is) which is obviously pronounced "Karma" takes some beating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members stumobir Posted December 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 26, 2020 The correct pronunciation of Cockburn Street, Edinburgh is very disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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