"Huw Roberts" wrote in message
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Dave wrote in message
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ronnie biggs writes

Define 'worst'?

Ugliest? Smelliest? Most vandalised? Poorest service? Most
inaccessible to people with children in buggies? Hardest to pronounce?

Ugliest: Wembley Central.
Smelliest: Wembley Central.
Most vandalised? Wembley Central.
Inaccessible? Wembley Central.

You're not keen on Wembley Central then?

So which do you reckon is the hardest to pronounce?

"Cast_Iron" wrote in message
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So which do you reckon is the hardest to pronounce?

For people whose first language is not English, the one with GHTSBR in the
middle of its name.
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Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:52:36 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote:


"Cast_Iron" wrote in message
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So which do you reckon is the hardest to pronounce?

For people whose first language is not English, the one with GHTSBR in the
middle of its name.


Naah.

Gotta be

Leicester Square (Ly-cester Square) or

Maida Vale (Maddyah Valet)

Rob.
--
rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk

Robert Woolley writes
So which do you reckon is the hardest to pronounce?

For people whose first language is not English, the one with GHTSBR in the
middle of its name.

Naah.

Gotta be
Leicester Square (Ly-cester Square) or
Maida Vale (Maddyah Valet)

Plaistow and Theydon Bois catch out quite a few of the locals - let
alone tourists.

--
Dave

Dave wrote:
Robert Woolley writes

So which do you reckon is the hardest to pronounce?


For people whose first language is not English, the one with GHTSBR
in the
middle of its name.


Naah.

Gotta be
Leicester Square (Ly-cester Square) or
Maida Vale (Maddyah Valet)


Plaistow and Theydon Bois catch out quite a few of the locals - let
alone tourists.


Plaistow catches out the Annoying Recorded Woman...

"Dave" wrote in message
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Robert Woolley writes
So which do you reckon is the hardest to pronounce?

For people whose first language is not English, the one with GHTSBR in
the
middle of its name.

Naah.

Gotta be
Leicester Square (Ly-cester Square) or
Maida Vale (Maddyah Valet)

Plaistow and Theydon Bois catch out quite a few of the locals - let
alone tourists.

Would I be right in saying Theydon Bois as "thaydun bo-iss"?

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7

"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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"Dave" wrote in message
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Robert Woolley writes
So which do you reckon is the hardest to pronounce?

For people whose first language is not English, the one with GHTSBR in
the
middle of its name.

Naah.

Gotta be
Leicester Square (Ly-cester Square) or
Maida Vale (Maddyah Valet)

Plaistow and Theydon Bois catch out quite a few of the locals - let
alone tourists.

Would I be right in saying Theydon Bois as "thaydun bo-iss"?

Almost, I'm a Chingford lad, born & bred and myself and everyone I've known
from the area have pronouced it "thaydun boy's". Of course, as we spent our
youth keeping Courage (Directors) Ind Coope (Burton) Green King (Abbot) &
MacMullens (anything) in profit or attempting to smoke the entire output of
Nepal & Afganistan whilst "down the 'Liz" listening to "Exium", we might
have got it wrong :-)
--
Cheers, Steve.
If The Good Lord had meant for us to be fiscally prudent, He would not have
given us the platinum credit card...
Change colour to PC Plod's lights to reply.

Dave wrote in message ...
Plaistow and Theydon Bois catch out quite a few of the locals - let
alone tourists.

[raises hand] "so please, sir, will you enlighten an ignorant
foreigner (well, a northerner)"

I have heard that Plaistow is Plaaahstoe, but what about Theydon?
Theydon Bwah? Thaydon Boys???????

dan

Dave wrote in message ...
Plaistow and Theydon Bois catch out quite a few of the locals - let
alone tourists.

[raises hand] "so please, sir, will you enlighten an ignorant
foreigner (well, a northerner)"

I have heard that Plaistow is Plaaahstoe, but what about Theydon?
Theydon Bwah? Thaydon Boys???????

dan

"dan" wrote in message
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Dave wrote in message
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Plaistow and Theydon Bois catch out quite a few of the locals - let
alone tourists.

[raises hand] "so please, sir, will you enlighten an ignorant
foreigner (well, a northerner)"

I have heard that Plaistow is Plaaahstoe, but what about Theydon?
Theydon Bwah? Thaydon Boys???????

Thaydon Boys. Like Chesham Bois (Chesh-um Boys) which is a place (not a tube
station) near Chesham in Bucks. I think the pronunciation is a sort of
inverted snobbery: "now that the plebs have realised that Bois is a French
word and should be pronounced Bwah, we're going to pronounce it Boys just to
catch them out"!