disjointed Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 30 minutes ago, HarryBosch said: Ralph pronounced as Rafe, ffs It's the little things in life that irk, and it's these that get my goat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 54 minutes ago, Hometownclub said: Another one I find a little annoying is St. John pronounced Sinjen as in Norman Sinjen-Stevas. Ian Sinjen was a good player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 1 hour ago, HarryBosch said: It's as if there was a point in time when schools and/or parents suddenly stopped teaching kids certain stuff and nobody has realised this happened until recently when it's now too late.. On 1 September 2018 at 8:43 AM, mcfluff1985 said: On the subject of education, wildly off transfer topic, I'm 33 and can't believe some of the things people just 5-10 years younger don't know these days. There's a running theme in our office to ask a new starter how many letters in the alphabet. Sounds boring as fuck, but the answers can be hilarious. When someone genuinely thinks there are 39 letters in the English alphabet, it makes you worry for the future I blame you Magic Mikey I was telling my wife and 2 daughters about this last night. Three of us were laughing at it until we saw the blank look on my 18 year old's face. She didn't know how many there were. She's just done her A levels and got 2 A*s and an A......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 1 hour ago, HarryBosch said: I once worked in Ashton with a girl who asked - "do we cover Lancashire?" Err, yes. "Where is it?" At a railway station enquiry office I heard someone ask for the train times to Auchinleck (which is in Scotland). "Sorry" came the reply "we don't have Austrian timetables". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mikey Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 15 minutes ago, BP1960 said: Ian Sinjen was a good player. Sinj and Greavsie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 One for the OASIS [London based] lot; Holborn, pronounced Ho-ben & Marylebone, pronounced Marley-bone. Gets right on my tits, southern ponces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 48 minutes ago, lookersstandandy said: One for the OASIS [London based] lot; Holborn, pronounced Ho-ben & Marylebone, pronounced Marley-bone. Gets right on my tits, southern ponces. Frome, pronounced Froom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk200 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 My grandfather came from " Owdham " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 One from work, 'is there a sea between England and Ireland?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Apparently we were close to getting Lewis Travis, Blackburn midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy55555 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 I was working in Reading once and someone asked me what the time difference was between us and London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspectormorose Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 I have a blood relation who once asked me whilst driving along the M61 if Bolton's ground was the Millennium Dome and also when going to visit her gran in Aberdeen whether we could call in Dublin on the way.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk200 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Girl I knew thought it was all downhill from Oldham to Birmingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 12 minutes ago, dannyboy55555 said: I was working in Reading once and someone asked me what the time difference was between us and London. Well it used to be different...development of railways standardised time. Before then Oxford was 5 mins different to London https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngen Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Ex girlfriend of mine used to think Wycombe was pronounced Why-com-be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Didn't Happen of the Year would be having a field day with this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mikey Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 The diver Jack Laugher pronounced Law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 At a place where I worked at a few years ago a girl who I worked with thought the capital of Sweden was Ikea. In fairness she wasnt that bad at her job. Proof that Intelligence can take many different forms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythemostimportantkick Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Magic Mikey said: The diver Marcus Maddison pronounced cheating twat Fixed it now I’m gonna let it go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 2 hours ago, GlossopLatic said: At a place where I worked at a few years ago a girl who I worked with thought the capital of Sweden was Ikea. In fairness she wasnt that bad at her job. Proof that Intelligence can take many different forms. A girl at work asked where I'd been as she hadnt seen me for a while. "Been Incognito"..I replied. To which she retorted "Oh, Cognito..thats one of them Greek islands isn't it"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolatic Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Many years ago, I was bringing a well known rugby team's coach (the kind with wheels and everything) back from a match when one of the players asked what FO9 meant in the middle of the motorway. "It says FOG, you thick twat. It's foggy " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjagger Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, Bristolatic said: Many years ago, I was bringing a well known rugby team's coach (the kind with wheels and everything) back from a match when one on the players asked what FO9 meant in the middle of the motorway. "It says FOG, you thick twat. It's foggy " Was it foggy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mikey Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 1 minute ago, mickjagger said: Was it foggy? Compo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolatic Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, mickjagger said: Was it foggy? Er, might have been. I couldn't see for the fog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevesidg Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 12 hours ago, dannyboy55555 said: I was working in Reading once and someone asked me what the time difference was between us and London. Having been to Reading, i’d Say about 20 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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