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Well you need to sort yourself out. It is a Royal Borough after all.Oggy Red said:
Nope. Always Grin-idge.ShootersHillGuru said:Shouldn't it actually be Gren itch
And Wool-idge.
Okay. I shouldn't bite ....... lol
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Affects a part of the brain known as Shatner's Bassoon.bobmunro said:
Scone pronounced 'scon' rhyming with 'gone' is the correct way of saying it. Not sure what the typical SE7 pronounciation would be - probably 'cake'.cherryorchard said:
Yes, you're right, being bought up on the Cherry Orchard Estate in the 1950s does elevate one's position in Society! Mind you we weren't as posh as our neighbours who had the Corona man deliver. I do say scon as opposed to scown, not sure what the correct SE7 pronunciation is on that tasty food stuff?Dippenhall said:
You're just posh.cherryorchard said:
Don't get me started - irritates me when Greenwich is pronounced as 'Grinich' as opposed to 'Grenich' .i_b_b_o_r_g said:
Or Elfam as they call it on BBC LONDON NewsBrendan_O_Connell said:Apparently Eltham is in South West London now....
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/hoax-bingo-hall-bomb-threat-leads-to-jail-for-drunk-man-claiming-to-be-islam-a3270486.html2 -
So, the Great Vowel Shift arrived in SE London about 500 years after everywhere else.1
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I heard that last week, or was it last month or last year. I'm confused.SuedeAdidas said:
Affects a part of the brain known as Shatner's Bassoon.bobmunro said:
Scone pronounced 'scon' rhyming with 'gone' is the correct way of saying it. Not sure what the typical SE7 pronounciation would be - probably 'cake'.cherryorchard said:
Yes, you're right, being bought up on the Cherry Orchard Estate in the 1950s does elevate one's position in Society! Mind you we weren't as posh as our neighbours who had the Corona man deliver. I do say scon as opposed to scown, not sure what the correct SE7 pronunciation is on that tasty food stuff?Dippenhall said:
You're just posh.cherryorchard said:
Don't get me started - irritates me when Greenwich is pronounced as 'Grinich' as opposed to 'Grenich' .i_b_b_o_r_g said:
Or Elfam as they call it on BBC LONDON NewsBrendan_O_Connell said:Apparently Eltham is in South West London now....
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/hoax-bingo-hall-bomb-threat-leads-to-jail-for-drunk-man-claiming-to-be-islam-a3270486.html0 -
10/10.SuedeAdidas said:
Affects a part of the brain known as Shatner's Bassoon.bobmunro said:
Scone pronounced 'scon' rhyming with 'gone' is the correct way of saying it. Not sure what the typical SE7 pronounciation would be - probably 'cake'.cherryorchard said:
Yes, you're right, being bought up on the Cherry Orchard Estate in the 1950s does elevate one's position in Society! Mind you we weren't as posh as our neighbours who had the Corona man deliver. I do say scon as opposed to scown, not sure what the correct SE7 pronunciation is on that tasty food stuff?Dippenhall said:
You're just posh.cherryorchard said:
Don't get me started - irritates me when Greenwich is pronounced as 'Grinich' as opposed to 'Grenich' .i_b_b_o_r_g said:
Or Elfam as they call it on BBC LONDON NewsBrendan_O_Connell said:Apparently Eltham is in South West London now....
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/hoax-bingo-hall-bomb-threat-leads-to-jail-for-drunk-man-claiming-to-be-islam-a3270486.html0
