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« Reply #30 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 11:15:55 » |
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Did The Beatles record this only after visiting Swindon?
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« Reply #31 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 11:30:16 » |
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A key indicator as to where you come from, is provided by referral to the ubiquitous school PE footwear the plimsoll.
So and I quote....
Regional terms are common: in Northern Ireland and central Scotland they are sometimes known as gutties; "sannies" (from 'sand shoe') is also used in Scotland. In parts of the West Country and Wales they are known as "daps" or "dappers". In London, the home counties, much of the West Midlands, and north west of England they are known as "pumps"
In the 1950's in Swindon schools, you got a dap across the arse for misdemeanours.
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« Reply #32 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 11:36:39 » |
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Oh great! We get to talk about feet and corporal punishment. Strange that Reg brought those into the mix at the same time, eh Reg?  |
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« Reply #33 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 11:44:49 » |
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Oh great! We get to talk about feet and corporal punishment. Strange that Reg brought those into the mix at the same time, eh Reg? Just a coincidence....foot fetishism and BDSM don't particularly float my boat, although I'm sure there will be some on here who enjoy discipline in their life.... |
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« Reply #34 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 11:50:36 » |
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Back on thread, no mention of Moonrakers until now.
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« Reply #35 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 12:03:39 » |
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« Reply #36 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 12:43:45 » |
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Not being a Swindonian/Swindoner/Swindu/Swindoo/Swindowner I have nothing to add here other than the fact I love the Moonraker nickname in all of its self-deprecating glory.
I get the piss taken out of me at work for sounding like a country bumpkin because I have a strong tendency to say 'foive' instead of 'five'.
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« Reply #37 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 12:55:32 » |
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I find it irritating how other regions neglect the letter 'R'. They write 'erm' when they mean 'uhm'. Erm should be pronounced eRRRRm.
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« Reply #38 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 14:37:27 » |
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I call my friend Michelle from Swindon Mee-chelle I also call Primark Pree-mark
God I'm so common
I do as well. I also say Adeedas rather than Adidas and garidge instead of garage. I must be even more common  |
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« Reply #39 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 16:07:46 » |
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Just for avoidance of doubt, I wasn't implying for a second that Mee-chelle is a chavvy/common pronunciation. Simply a quirk that makes the world a slightly more interesting place...that I only ever noticed in Swindon.
And I've always said Pree-mark. But that comes from living in Swindon a kid in the 1980s. Some things never leave you.
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« Reply #40 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 16:56:07 » |
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Apparently Lidl is pronounced leeedall. Not by me it isn't.
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« Reply #41 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 17:33:07 » |
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I think, today, people from Swindon are called winners.
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« Reply #42 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 17:34:05 » |
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I think, today, people from Swindon are called winners.
FUCK YEAH! |
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« Reply #43 on: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 20:06:12 » |
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I do as well. I also say Adeedas rather than Adidas and garidge instead of garage. I must be even more common Gararge??? Gararge?!?! Car hole |
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« Reply #44 on: Sunday, December 20, 2015, 10:34:57 » |
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Not being a Swindonian/Swindoner/Swindu/Swindoo/Swindowner I have nothing to add here other than the fact I love the Moonraker nickname in all of its self-deprecating glory.
I get the piss taken out of me at work for sounding like a country bumpkin because I have a strong tendency to say 'foive' instead of 'five'.
Well stop it. Also it's Michelle, not Meee-chelle, and Pry-mark, in my head.. At work people say re-source, instead of resource.. that's one that irritates me. |
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