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On Jun 27, 12:34 am, Josie wrote:
Can I have a ticket to Loogahgbaroogah?

http://notalwaysright.com/theyll-nev...ive-welsh/5582

I year or two ago on a busy Sunday afternoon I came across two Polish
guys at the bottom of the escalators in Camden Town tube station
quizzing two puzzled looking LU employees as to how they could get to
"Ladbroke Junction" - no such place they were saying, there's Ladbroke
Grove but not Ladbroke Junction, but the Poles insisted there *was* a
Ladbroke Junction station because they lived there! Having overheard
this whilst deciphering from the displays which platform I should head
for (those au fait with Camden Town will understand), I scratched my
head to try and work out where they were going - they continued to
protest that Ladbroke Junction was very real, whilst the LU chaps
remained politely adamant that there was no such place.

Eventually I clocked it - they wanted Loughborough Junction! Evidently
no-one had told them, and they hadn't picked up on, the correct way to
pronounce the name of the place they lived in - one thing I would
certainly recommend be on the agenda when moving to a new area, even
temporarily! Given the uncertainty over whether or not the Thameslink
service was running, we deemed to direct them to Elephant & Castle
from which they could easily get a bus were there no trains.

But I'm not entirely sure that we adequately impressed on them how to
pronounce it properly, and I'm not entirely convinced they didn't just
think that for these two transport employees and this further
interested gent, this "Ladbroke Junction" simply wasn't really on
their radar.

True story.

On 27 June, 07:51, Mizter T wrote:
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On Jun 27, 12:34 am, Josie wrote:

Can I have a ticket to Loogahgbaroogah?

http://notalwaysright.com/theyll-nev...ive-welsh/5582

I year or two ago on a busy Sunday afternoon I came across two Polish
guys at the bottom of the escalators in Camden Town tube station
quizzing two puzzled looking LU employees as to how they could get to
"Ladbroke Junction" - no such place they were saying, there's Ladbroke
Grove but not Ladbroke Junction, but the Poles insisted there *was* a
Ladbroke Junction station because they lived there! Having overheard
this whilst deciphering from the displays which platform I should head
for (those au fait with Camden Town will understand), I scratched my
head to try and work out where they were going - they continued to
protest that Ladbroke Junction was very real, whilst the LU chaps
remained politely adamant that there was no such place.

Eventually I clocked it - they wanted Loughborough Junction! Evidently
no-one had told them, and they hadn't picked up on, the correct way to
pronounce the name of the place they lived in - one thing I would
certainly recommend be on the agenda when moving to a new area, even
temporarily! Given the uncertainty over whether or not the Thameslink
service was running, we deemed to direct them to Elephant & Castle
from which they could easily get a bus were there no trains.

But I'm not entirely sure that we adequately impressed on them how to
pronounce it properly, and I'm not entirely convinced they didn't just
think that for these two transport employees and this further
interested gent, this "Ladbroke Junction" simply wasn't really on
their radar.

True story.

Overgeneralisation can also be a problem. Having learned about
Greenwich and feeling clever, somone wanting to go a bit further east
did ask for "Grinnith". This was long before a certain shopping
metropolis had opened there.

MIG wrote:

Overgeneralisation can also be a problem.

Indeed. It's illegal in Scrabble.
--
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p13309759.html
(66 410 at Winwick, 10 Mar 2005)

On 27 June, 12:44, Chris Tolley (ukonline
really) wrote:
MIG wrote:
Overgeneralisation can also be a problem.

Indeed. It's illegal in Scrabble.
--http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p13309759.html
(66 410 at Winwick, 10 Mar 2005)

Well, it's too long for the Collins Scrabble Checker, which accepts
both overgeneralise and generalisation. I am not sure what to make of
the length limit. Does it imply a rule, or is it just the limits of
the checker? Not rejected anyway; just can't be entered.

"MIG" wrote in message
...
On 27 June, 12:44, Chris Tolley (ukonline
really) wrote:
MIG wrote:
Overgeneralisation can also be a problem.

Indeed. It's illegal in Scrabble.
--http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p13309759.html
(66 410 at Winwick, 10 Mar 2005)

Well, it's too long for the Collins Scrabble Checker, which accepts
both overgeneralise and generalisation. I am not sure what to make of
the length limit. Does it imply a rule, or is it just the limits of
the checker? Not rejected anyway; just can't be entered.

If it's more than 15 letters it can't be entered on the board anyway.
Overgeneralisation is 18 letters. Unless you are playing Super Scrabble, I
have checked and it is invalid.

On 27 June, 19:44, "Steve" wrote:
"MIG" wrote in message

...

On 27 June, 12:44, Chris *Tolley (ukonline
really) wrote:
MIG wrote:
Overgeneralisation can also be a problem.

Indeed. It's illegal in Scrabble.
--http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p13309759.html
(66 410 at Winwick, 10 Mar 2005)

Well, it's too long for the Collins Scrabble Checker, which accepts
both overgeneralise and generalisation. *I am not sure what to make of
the length limit. *Does it imply a rule, or is it just the limits of
the checker? *Not rejected anyway; just can't be entered.

If it's more than 15 letters it can't be entered on the board anyway.
Overgeneralisation is 18 letters. Unless you are playing Super Scrabble, I
have checked and it is invalid.

Duh. As a last resort, consider the bleedin obvious.

Meantime, I am sure I already mentioned the pronunciation reported to
me by someone I believe, by a tourist wanting to go to Inga-testony.
(The implausible bit is that someone wanted to go there.)

In message
MIG wrote:

On 27 June, 12:44, Chris Tolley (ukonline
really) wrote:
MIG wrote:
Overgeneralisation can also be a problem.

Indeed. It's illegal in Scrabble.
--http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p13309759.html
(66 410 at Winwick, 10 Mar 2005)

Well, it's too long for the Collins Scrabble Checker, which accepts
both overgeneralise and generalisation. I am not sure what to make of
the length limit. Does it imply a rule, or is it just the limits of
the checker? Not rejected anyway; just can't be entered.

Will it fit on the board?

--
Graeme Wall

This address not read, substitute trains for rail
Transport Miscellany at www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail
Photo galleries at http://graeme-wall.fotopic.net/

On 28 June, 08:05, Graeme wrote:
In message
* * * * * MIG wrote:

On 27 June, 12:44, Chris *Tolley (ukonline
really) wrote:
MIG wrote:
Overgeneralisation can also be a problem.

Indeed. It's illegal in Scrabble.
--http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p13309759.html
(66 410 at Winwick, 10 Mar 2005)

Well, it's too long for the Collins Scrabble Checker, which accepts
both overgeneralise and generalisation. *I am not sure what to make of
the length limit. *Does it imply a rule, or is it just the limits of
the checker? *Not rejected anyway; just can't be entered.

Will it fit on the board?

No, as has been pointed out.

Didn't realise it was so small, but it's been a long time.

MIG wrote:

On 27 June, 12:44, Chris Tolley (ukonline
really) wrote:
MIG wrote:
Overgeneralisation can also be a problem.

Indeed. It's illegal in Scrabble.
--http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p13309759.html
(66 410 at Winwick, 10 Mar 2005)

Well, it's too long for the Collins Scrabble Checker, which accepts
both overgeneralise and generalisation. I am not sure what to make of
the length limit. Does it imply a rule, or is it just the limits of
the checker? Not rejected anyway; just can't be entered.

The board is only 15x15, and words can't go round corners.
--
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9683652.html
(Class 108 51916 at Kettering - last day of the Corby service, 1990)

In message
Chris Tolley (ukonline really) wrote:

MIG wrote:

On 27 June, 12:44, Chris Tolley (ukonline
really) wrote:
MIG wrote:
Overgeneralisation can also be a problem.

Indeed. It's illegal in Scrabble.
--http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p13309759.html
(66 410 at Winwick, 10 Mar 2005)

Well, it's too long for the Collins Scrabble Checker, which accepts
both overgeneralise and generalisation. I am not sure what to make of
the length limit. Does it imply a rule, or is it just the limits of
the checker? Not rejected anyway; just can't be entered.

The board is only 15x15, and words can't go round corners.

A bit like Harley-Davidsons...

--
Graeme Wall

This address not read, substitute trains for rail
Transport Miscellany at www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail
Photo galleries at http://graeme-wall.fotopic.net/