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Hell-o
Feb 6, 2008 11:45:04 GMT
Post by peekay on Feb 6, 2008 11:45:04 GMT
*Adopts Dr Nick Riviera voice*
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Hell-o
Feb 6, 2008 12:42:56 GMT
Post by bh on Feb 6, 2008 12:42:56 GMT
Hello Dr Nick!
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Hell-o
Feb 6, 2008 14:55:30 GMT
Post by ambersalamander on Feb 6, 2008 14:55:30 GMT
Hello nice shiny new people! We like new people. Welcome to the forum and have fun
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Hell-o
Feb 6, 2008 18:28:26 GMT
Post by robotsmfc on Feb 6, 2008 18:28:26 GMT
> I polished my chassis especially for this. stop
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Hell-o
Feb 6, 2008 18:56:21 GMT
Post by ambersalamander on Feb 6, 2008 18:56:21 GMT
Marvellous Do you have any nice LEDs? If so, what colour?
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Hell-o
Feb 6, 2008 20:54:31 GMT
Post by robotsmfc on Feb 6, 2008 20:54:31 GMT
Unfortunately no, but I do have some very nice antennae on the side of my head, you'll like those. stop
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Hell-o
Feb 8, 2008 11:30:36 GMT
Post by malxscfc on Feb 8, 2008 11:30:36 GMT
I remember a programme on the Home Service about 20 years ago about the (then) fashionable trend of "gentrification" of neighbourhoods, and they said that the people of Solihull had started pronouncing it "Soh-lee-hull", as an affectation or attempt to make it sound posher. Can you confirm or deny this suburban myth please?
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Hell-o
Feb 8, 2008 19:43:23 GMT
Post by robotsmfc on Feb 8, 2008 19:43:23 GMT
I remember a programme on the Home Service about 20 years ago about the (then) fashionable trend of "gentrification" of neighbourhoods, and they said that the people of Solihull had started pronouncing it "Soh-lee-hull", as an affectation or attempt to make it sound posher. Can you confirm or deny this suburban myth please? > My databases can confirm that this is in fact partly true. The more middle-class residents of Solihull have pronounced it Soh-lee-hull for a long time, and more recently local signs (such as town plans in the centre and such) that bear the local council's logo come with the slogan "S olihull, the difference is pronounced.". stop
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Hell-o
Feb 8, 2008 20:56:39 GMT
Post by malxscfc on Feb 8, 2008 20:56:39 GMT
> My databases can confirm that this is in fact partly true. The more middle-class residents of Solihull have pronounced it Soh-lee-hull for a long time, and more recently local signs (such as town plans in the centre and such) that bear the local council's logo come with the slogan "S olihull, the difference is pronounced.". stop > You are surely winding me up with that? And I'm not talking clockwork mechanisms...
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Hell-o
Feb 8, 2008 21:06:41 GMT
Post by robotsmfc on Feb 8, 2008 21:06:41 GMT
Unfortunately it is entirely true. However, times are a changin', in 2005 Solihull was lost by the Conservative party for the first time ever and less affluent areas are getting the same recycling and traffic calming consideration as everywhere else. My sarcasm engine proclaims "Oh joy of joys!". stop
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Hell-o
Feb 8, 2008 21:31:07 GMT
Post by ojiveojive on Feb 8, 2008 21:31:07 GMT
Actually darling, the posh muthas pronounce it Solly-hull, it's only the riff-raff and pretentious bastardos that pronounce it So-li-holl ;D
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Hell-o
Feb 8, 2008 22:39:59 GMT
Post by robotsmfc on Feb 8, 2008 22:39:59 GMT
Ojive is correct. The very rich of Solihull probably could not care less about the pronunciation of the name, but those who wish to leech of their status (i.e. the local council and many residents) pronounce it differently. It is a matter of choice in many ways and I suppose although what I have just written was based on robotic analysis it could easily be considered opinion. stop
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Hell-o
Feb 10, 2008 13:42:16 GMT
Post by ambersalamander on Feb 10, 2008 13:42:16 GMT
I shall henceforth pronounce it, "Sorely-hole" and see where it takes me.
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Hell-o
Feb 10, 2008 16:19:58 GMT
Post by ojiveojive on Feb 10, 2008 16:19:58 GMT
Luckily for decorum, I won't be drawn to ripost
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Hell-o
Feb 10, 2008 21:58:11 GMT
Post by DazaB_WCFC on Feb 10, 2008 21:58:11 GMT
I think you should explain why you were born robot before everyone thinks you're... ahem ...two sarnies short of a picnic
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