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#51
July 29th 09, 08:00 AM
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rth.li: On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, James Farrar wrote: Either that or they're being poncey, like the original operators of the "San Francisco Shopping Centre", which maintains its erratic spelling under its current operators: http://westfield.com/sanfrancisco/ Yes, weird spelling - what's wrong with 'St Francis Shopping Centre', eh? *lol* |
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July 29th 09, 08:57 AM
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08:00:25 on Wed, 29 Jul 2009, James Farrar remarked: Yes, weird spelling - what's wrong with 'St Francis Shopping Centre', eh? In the USA it would normally be "Center". *whoosh* You've got me there. With a choice of four words that might be spelt weird, which of the other three would you nominate? -- Roland Perry |
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#53
July 29th 09, 09:06 AM
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Roland Perry wrote in
: In message , at 08:00:25 on Wed, 29 Jul 2009, James Farrar remarked: Yes, weird spelling - what's wrong with 'St Francis Shopping Centre', eh? In the USA it would normally be "Center". *whoosh* You've got me there. With a choice of four words that might be spelt weird, which of the other three would you nominate? What appears to have escaped you is that Tom didn't need that explaining. |
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#54
July 29th 09, 02:19 PM
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On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Roland Perry wrote:
In message . li, at 17:21:26 on Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Tom Anderson remarked: Yes, weird spelling - what's wrong with 'St Francis Shopping Centre', eh? In the USA it would normally be "Center". Yes, i know. In the UK, my comment would normally be a 'joke'. tom -- uk.local groups TO BE RENAMED uk.lunatic.fringe groups |
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July 29th 09, 02:37 PM
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Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Roland Perry wrote: In message . li, at 17:21:26 on Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Tom Anderson remarked: Yes, weird spelling - what's wrong with 'St Francis Shopping Centre', eh? In the USA it would normally be "Center". Yes, i know. In the UK, my comment would normally be a 'joke'. A rather good joke IMO! |
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July 29th 09, 04:24 PM
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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 08:00:25 on Wed, 29 Jul 2009, James Farrar remarked: Yes, weird spelling - what's wrong with 'St Francis Shopping Centre', eh? In the USA it would normally be "Center". *whoosh* You've got me there. With a choice of four words that might be spelt weird, which of the other three would you nominate? A: The first two. (Since it seems you haven't noticed.) -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9633009.html (45 056 at Eastleigh, Apr 1985) |
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#57
July 29th 09, 04:25 PM
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Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Roland Perry wrote: In message . li, at 17:21:26 on Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Tom Anderson remarked: Yes, weird spelling - what's wrong with 'St Francis Shopping Centre', eh? In the USA it would normally be "Center". Yes, i know. In the UK, my comment would normally be a 'joke'. Reminds me of the one about the bloke stealing wheelbarrows. ;-) -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9633063.html (50 009 at Exeter St Davids, 1985) |
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July 29th 09, 05:29 PM
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In message , at 17:24:48 on
Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Chris Tolley remarked: Yes, weird spelling - what's wrong with 'St Francis Shopping Centre', eh? In the USA it would normally be "Center". *whoosh* You've got me there. With a choice of four words that might be spelt weird, which of the other three would you nominate? A: The first two. (Since it seems you haven't noticed.) I have no sensible comment to make, given that various people now assure me it was a joke in the first place. -- Roland Perry |
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#59
July 30th 09, 10:36 AM
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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 17:24:48 on Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Chris Tolley remarked: Yes, weird spelling - what's wrong with 'St Francis Shopping Centre', eh? In the USA it would normally be "Center". *whoosh* You've got me there. With a choice of four words that might be spelt weird, which of the other three would you nominate? A: The first two. (Since it seems you haven't noticed.) I have no sensible comment to make, given that various people now assure me it was a joke in the first place. Oh dear. Let's try to explain. The first comment was that, because of the spelling, it was "poncey" to say "San Francisco Shopping Centre" (presumably because Americans don't spell "center" that way.) The second comment was jokily to agree, correcting the spelling, to say "St Francis Shopping Centre" (because that's how Brits (and Americans, when speaking English) spell "San Francisco") Is that any clearer? -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9683700.html (51411 (Class 117) at Ludlow, 11 Jun 1985) |
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August 10th 09, 08:21 PM
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It's a sign of the times look at your local football jerseys eg AIG
for Man U etc Stadiums Emirates Stadium for Arsenal CitiField for the NY Mets etc. Its a Money Maker I can see you taikng the Bakerloo from Weetabix Piccadilly Circus To Carling Waterloo maybe the line will be the HSBC Bakerloo  |
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