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SuperDave84
Robbie Keane ooh Thomas, how could you do this to me! Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Location: Far Fungannon Status: Offline Points: 21384 |
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I've heard Tullamore area but not sure. Anyone check if eire has taken a speedboat off the Island in the last few hours?
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Deco79
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I've learnt that Archibald Leitch was the Architect for Anfield, Highbury, Old Trafford, Villa Park, Craven Cottage, Lansdowne Road and several other stadiums...
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GB 1HughJarse
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Not to be confused with Archibald Leach, which was the real name of the actor Cary Grant. |
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SuperDave84
Robbie Keane ooh Thomas, how could you do this to me! Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Location: Far Fungannon Status: Offline Points: 21384 |
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Cocker spaniels are so named because they were bred to hunt woodcocks.
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SuperDave84
Robbie Keane ooh Thomas, how could you do this to me! Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Location: Far Fungannon Status: Offline Points: 21384 |
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Also, just watching a youtube video and he pronounced it "Cap-RI sun", as in the same pronunciation as the island off Italy, Capri, pronounced Cap-RI. I'd always pronounced it "CAP-ri sun", but seeing as they are actually named after the island of Capri, maybe it should be Cap-RI sun.
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pre Madonna
Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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I never thought about it before, but that makes sense. On a slightly related point, and this is one more for the 'annoying things' thread, or whatever it is, is the pronouncing place names in teh local language, dialect or accent instead of the standard English pronunciation. It seems to be particularly common with a certain type of ****, the type who wears a hat with a t-shirt, and place names from the Spanish speaking world. Particularly irritating examples being 'Chee-lay' and 'Coo-bah'. Bizarrely, none of these f**kers say they are off to Shhhhhhkibereeeen or Glesgy or Naaar-itch,or even Amshterdam or Par-ee, but a lot seem to eat vegan chor-ith-o.
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sid waddell
Roy Keane On a dark desert highway Joined: 20 Nov 2009 Status: Offline Points: 12173 |
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Cote d'Ivoire was a big one there for a while.
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GB 1HughJarse
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Girl I worked with used to tell us stories about when she lived in Malawi........or as she said “Mal....aww....wayyyy”
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Lostandfound
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That's interesting, I thought it was for a different reason entirely.
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pre Madonna
Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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Yeah, there was an awful spate of African ones for a while too. A result of the gap year phenomenon.
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darmack
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When I was there I noticed they pronounce Tan- Za -Nia as Tan-Zan-Ia.
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The dark side.. And the light
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pre Madonna
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath Cheese, it’s not just for eating Joined: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Clairefontaine Status: Offline Points: 16459 |
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The umbrella academy was written by the lad from my chemical romance
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Trap junior
Robbie Keane YBIG Minister of Doom & Gloom Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Location: Irish Riviera Status: Online Points: 39757 |
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The country Doctor Congo is not actually named after a doctor at all but is a democratic republic
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Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more...
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pre Madonna
Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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Explains a lot!
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath Cheese, it’s not just for eating Joined: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Clairefontaine Status: Offline Points: 16459 |
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Saint Tom
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My destination inchicore my next stop being kilmainham
Where patriots and super saints are the topics of conversation |
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Baldrick
Robbie Keane Peyton-tly Pedantic Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 32713 |
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Jackie Carey* was sacked as Everton manager in a taxi and since
Then the expression taxi for so and so is used when a manager is under pressure. *didnt make traps sacked thread.
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AKA pedantic kunt
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