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Post by boyblue on Jul 31, 2006 20:42:27 GMT
Worcester playing Sheffield Utd 3rd August.
Is Sean Bean a Blades or Owls?
They don't like it up em Sharpey
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mazey
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Post by mazey on Jul 31, 2006 20:46:44 GMT
I hope warnock comes down, I hate him, and want to give him some abuse
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Post by luvlydory on Jul 31, 2006 21:04:42 GMT
Is Sean Bean a Blades or Owls? he's a blade. pete postlethwaite (obadiah hakeswill), the guy who spoke the line was born in warrington but now lives in shropshire.
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Post by boyblue on Aug 1, 2006 9:34:17 GMT
When Saturday (Thursday) comes, we may see him then.
Thanks
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Post by bonehead on Aug 1, 2006 10:00:32 GMT
Sean Bean is certainly a Blade. His tattoo of the club badge had to be airbrushed out for the Sharpe series. Look out if Sheff U play someone called Dan Hagman up front - he's a deadly shooter :-)
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Aug 1, 2006 11:43:54 GMT
Is Sean Bean a Blades or Owls? he's a blade. pete postlethwaite (obadiah hakeswill), the guy who spoke the line was born in warrington but now lives in shropshire. All the best people live in Shropshire. ;D Unfortunatly so do the people of Shrewsbury.
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 1, 2006 15:22:29 GMT
Giggy makes me laugh
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Post by malxscfc on Aug 1, 2006 23:39:50 GMT
he's a blade. pete postlethwaite (obadiah hakeswill), the guy who spoke the line was born in warrington but now lives in shropshire. Unfortunatly so do the people of Shrewsbury. Short of contacting the BBC Pronunciation Unit, I cannot seem to find out whether it's pronounced "shroooos-bury", or "shroas-bury". Can anyone give me a definitive answer?
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Aug 1, 2006 23:41:26 GMT
If you're a normal person (well, normal as any of us) it's shroo as that's how it's spelt, the people of said town insist on pronouncing it like idiots because it makes them feel better about their silly little town.
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 2, 2006 0:38:19 GMT
Thank you Giggy ;D
In fact, either is acceptable. Many town names have 2 or more pronunciations. (Sorry, i like playing with words and now you've got me started!) Hednesford can be pronounced "hensford" or "hedgeford" which i like to use cos it sounds silly. Pontefract was once always pronounced "pumfrit" and Cirencester was something like "sissiter"
Will shut up now.
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Post by mazey on Aug 2, 2006 9:51:57 GMT
I used to pronounce hednesford, hed-nes-fud but now I say hensefud
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 2, 2006 10:44:43 GMT
Hedgeford all the way. Hedgeford! Hedgeford!
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Post by coops on Aug 2, 2006 11:17:41 GMT
It's Hednesfraud.
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 2, 2006 11:44:42 GMT
Maybe it is, but it's still pronounced HEDGEFORD
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Post by malxscfc on Aug 2, 2006 12:10:27 GMT
There's a place in Norfolk called Stiffkey, but pronounced "Stooky". Solihull in the W.Midlands has become gentrified it seems - now pronounced "Sole-ee-hull". Reims in France can be equally pronounced "Reem" or "Rahnsss". And near us there's a town called Eastleigh, which in our Wiltshire dialect is pronounced "Scum-bucket". (Ooh Arr
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