lapal_fan Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 1 hour ago, sidcow said: 53 lol, I was talking about Hyperbole, not shit wizard books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Not sure if it was down to how British commentators pronounced Ruud Gullit, but when I was young i thought there was two players called Rudd Gulit and Rud Hulit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 I used to think poppy pins were tomato pins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 I also used to pronounce Thames like THAYMES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 13, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2023 23 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: lol, I was talking about Hyperbole, not shit wizard books I meant Hyperbole, just quoted the wrong OP and now can't be arsed to try fix it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 13, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2023 (edited) As a by the way Alcester is pronounced ALSTER, not AL-SES-TER and people who live there get really bloody annoyed when outsiders tell them confidently it should be the latter. Edited February 13, 2023 by sidcow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 3 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: In school once I read out hyperbole, as in hyper bowl. Felt like a prat afterward but it's a stupid word. It’s how it should be, think it was only a couple of yrs ago for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 13, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2023 1 hour ago, maqroll said: I also used to pronounce Thames like THAYMES As an American, you're excused on that sort of thing. After all, we mispronounce plenty of American place names. For example, I've been told we should be saying 'Los Angeliss', rather than 'Los Angeleez'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNVillan Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 22 minutes ago, mjmooney said: As an American, you're excused on that sort of thing. After all, we mispronounce plenty of American place names. For example, I've been told we should be saying 'Los Angeliss', rather than 'Los Angeleez'. You could just say LA like 95% of Americans 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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