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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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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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Originally posted by Deco79 Deco79 wrote:


I've learnt that Archibald Leitch was the Architect for Anfield, Highbury, Old Trafford, Villa Park, Craven Cottage, Lansdowne Road and several other stadiums...


Not to be confused with Archibald Leach, which was the real name of the actor Cary Grant.
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Cocker spaniels are so named because they were bred to hunt woodcocks.
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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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Originally posted by SuperDave84 SuperDave84 wrote:

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.
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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Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by SuperDave84 SuperDave84 wrote:

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.
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.
Cote d'Ivoire was a big one there for a while. 
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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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Originally posted by SuperDave84 SuperDave84 wrote:

Cocker spaniels are so named because they were bred to hunt woodcocks.

That's interesting, I thought it was for a different reason entirely. 
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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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When I was there I noticed they pronounce Tan- Za -Nia as Tan-Zan-Ia.
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Originally posted by darmack darmack wrote:

When I was there I noticed they pronounce Tan- Za -Nia as Tan-Zan-Ia.
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The umbrella academy was written by the lad from my chemical romance
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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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Originally posted by lassassinblanc lassassinblanc wrote:

The umbrella academy was written by the lad from my chemical romance
Explains a lot!LOL
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Originally posted by Trap junior Trap junior wrote:

The country Doctor Congo is not actually named after a doctor at all but is a democratic republic

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Originally posted by Trap junior Trap junior wrote:

The country Doctor Congo is not actually named after a doctor at all but is a democratic republic
oneills made the doctor Congo kit
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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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