Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]

Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]

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coppernorks

1,919 posts

46 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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Dr Jekyll said:
Do residents of the city of Bath pronounce the name to rhyme with grass or with maths?
Where I come from Grass and Maths have the same A vowel sound.

Dr Jekyll

23,820 posts

261 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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coppernorks said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Do residents of the city of Bath pronounce the name to rhyme with grass or with maths?
Where I come from Grass and Maths have the same A vowel sound.
OK, do they pronounce it the way Coppernorks would pronounce it or the way a cockney would pronounce it?

droopsnoot

11,932 posts

242 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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Dr Jekyll said:
coppernorks said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Do residents of the city of Bath pronounce the name to rhyme with grass or with maths?
Where I come from Grass and Maths have the same A vowel sound.
OK, do they pronounce it the way Coppernorks would pronounce it or the way a cockney would pronounce it?
Or is it like Shrewsbury, where there seems to be an agreement that it can be pronounced either way, depending on which end of the town you come from?

Robertj21a

16,477 posts

105 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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droopsnoot said:
Dr Jekyll said:
coppernorks said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Do residents of the city of Bath pronounce the name to rhyme with grass or with maths?
Where I come from Grass and Maths have the same A vowel sound.
OK, do they pronounce it the way Coppernorks would pronounce it or the way a cockney would pronounce it?
Or is it like Shrewsbury, where there seems to be an agreement that it can be pronounced either way, depending on which end of the town you come from?
Like Southwell.

Frank7

6,619 posts

87 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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Robertj21a said:
droopsnoot said:
Dr Jekyll said:
coppernorks said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Do residents of the city of Bath pronounce the name to rhyme with grass or with maths?
Where I come from Grass and Maths have the same A vowel sound.
OK, do they pronounce it the way Coppernorks would pronounce it or the way a cockney would pronounce it?
Or is it like Shrewsbury, where there seems to be an agreement that it can be pronounced either way, depending on which end of the town you come from?
Like Southwell.
Or Greenwich, (Grinnidge or Grennidge).
As for Bath, one of my mother’s sisters married a guy from Timsbury, Somerset just after the war, it’s about 8 miles from Bath.
As my aunt, in common with my mother and all their family, came from the Elephant and Castle, in S.E. London, Bath was known to all of us, still is, as Bahth, or more often as Barf.

Cliftonite

8,408 posts

138 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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Dr Jekyll said:
Do residents of the city of Bath pronounce the name to rhyme with grass or with maths?
The River Nene starts its journey with a name rhyming with "Ben" and finishes with a name pronounced the same way as "been".




DRFC1879

3,437 posts

157 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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Whilst holidaying in the delightfully quaint Geek fishing village of Kavos in 1999 my compadres and I made the acquaintance of a similarly jolly group of excursionists from the Bath area.

They very much pronounced it as Barth.

We went on to have many a jolly jape in which they pronounced it with a flat a to mimic our Yorkshire accents and in return we would refer to our hometown as Doncarster. What larks.

Frank7

6,619 posts

87 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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DRFC1879 said:
Whilst holidaying in the delightfully quaint Geek fishing village of Kavos in 1999 my compadres and I made the acquaintance of a similarly jolly group of excursionists from the Bath area.

They very much pronounced it as Barth.

We went on to have many a jolly jape in which they pronounced it with a flat a to mimic our Yorkshire accents and in return we would refer to our hometown as Doncarster. What larks.
That was informative and amusing DRFC, but what else would I expect from someone who holidays among a bunch of Geeks in a village named Kavos?

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

253 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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DRFC1879 said:
Whilst holidaying in the delightfully quaint Geek fishing village of Kavos in 1999 my compadres and I made the acquaintance of a similarly jolly group of excursionists from the Bath area.

They very much pronounced it as Barth.

We went on to have many a jolly jape in which they pronounced it with a flat a to mimic our Yorkshire accents and in return we would refer to our hometown as Doncarster. What larks.
For anyone interested in trying Geek Fishing, I can recommend the watch forum.

I go in there every once in a while, drop a line in, and always catch a at least a couple.


glenrobbo

35,251 posts

150 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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SpeckledJim said:
For anyone interested in trying Geek Fishing, I can recommend the watch forum.

I go in there every once in a while, drop a line in, and always catch a at least a couple.
rofl

I suppose it's all about the wrist action? wink

coppernorks

1,919 posts

46 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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SpeckledJim said:
For anyone interested in trying Geek Fishing, I can recommend the watch forum.

I go in there every once in a while, drop a line in, and always catch a at least a couple.
Mmm yes, they are a bit easy to wind up.

allegerita

253 posts

197 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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Cliftonite said:
The River Nene starts its journey with a name rhyming with "Ben" and finishes with a name pronounced the same way as "been".



There is the Nene Valley brewery right next to the river in Oundle. They make quite good beer for an English brewery.

Halmyre

11,193 posts

139 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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SpeckledJim said:
DRFC1879 said:
Whilst holidaying in the delightfully quaint Geek fishing village of Kavos in 1999 my compadres and I made the acquaintance of a similarly jolly group of excursionists from the Bath area.

They very much pronounced it as Barth.

We went on to have many a jolly jape in which they pronounced it with a flat a to mimic our Yorkshire accents and in return we would refer to our hometown as Doncarster. What larks.
For anyone interested in trying Geek Fishing, I can recommend the watch forum.

I go in there every once in a while, drop a line in, and always catch a at least a couple.
How can you tell who's real and who's taking the piss though?

RATATTAK

11,002 posts

189 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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coppernorks said:
SpeckledJim said:
For anyone interested in trying Geek Fishing, I can recommend the watch forum.

I go in there every once in a while, drop a line in, and always catch a at least a couple.
Mmm yes, they are a bit easy to wind up.
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nonsequitur

20,083 posts

116 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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SpeckledJim said:
DRFC1879 said:
Whilst holidaying in the delightfully quaint Geek fishing village of Kavos in 1999 my compadres and I made the acquaintance of a similarly jolly group of excursionists from the Bath area.

They very much pronounced it as Barth.

We went on to have many a jolly jape in which they pronounced it with a flat a to mimic our Yorkshire accents and in return we would refer to our hometown as Doncarster. What larks.
For anyone interested in trying Geek Fishing, I can recommend the watch forum.

I go in there every once in a while, drop a line in, and always catch a at least a couple.
There is actually a geek joke thread right here on PH.nerdhehe

anonymous-user

54 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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droopsnoot said:
Dr Jekyll said:
coppernorks said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Do residents of the city of Bath pronounce the name to rhyme with grass or with maths?
Where I come from Grass and Maths have the same A vowel sound.
OK, do they pronounce it the way Coppernorks would pronounce it or the way a cockney would pronounce it?
Or is it like Shrewsbury, where there seems to be an agreement that it can be pronounced either way, depending on which end of the town you come from?
Many people from Shrewsbury suggest it’s actually neither. It’s Shoesbury. Now is it neither or neither?

glenrobbo

35,251 posts

150 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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RATATTAK said:
coppernorks said:
SpeckledJim said:
For anyone interested in trying Geek Fishing, I can recommend the watch forum.

I go in there every once in a while, drop a line in, and always catch a at least a couple.
Mmm yes, they are a bit easy to wind up.
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+1

"Easy to wind up", that's a great strap line. smile

glenrobbo

35,251 posts

150 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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Halmyre said:
How can you tell who's real and who's taking the piss though?
Are you pointing the finger at anyone in particular?
I look forward to watching the face-off. wink

Frank7

6,619 posts

87 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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sebdangerfield said:
Many people from Shrewsbury suggest it’s actually neither. It’s Shoesbury. Now is it neither or neither?
Do you mean neether or nyether, and are they confusing Shoesbury with Shoeburyness, Essex?
FWIW, I say Shrowsbury, more to wind my wife up than anything else.

anonymous-user

54 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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Frank7 said:
sebdangerfield said:
Many people from Shrewsbury suggest it’s actually neither. It’s Shoesbury. Now is it neither or neither?
Do you mean neether or nyether, and are they confusing Shoesbury with Shoeburyness, Essex?
FWIW, I say Shrowsbury, more to wind my wife up than anything else.
Yes Frank, I was just being silly. It’s the Shrewsbury in Shropshire where they, and I live. Pronounced Shoesbury for people born here around Harlescott and Sundorne. Shrewsbury for the majority of those who live here and Shrowsbury for others. smile