Re: Very OT - Bad pun

2016-09-08 Thread David V Glasgow
Are you thinking of A1? That is a famous road which runs from London to Edinburgh via Leicestershire, and is also a steak sauce ;-) > On 27 Aug 2016, at 12:25 am, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > Isn't that a steak sauce? > > Bob S > > > On Aug 25, 2016, at 08:28 ,

Re: Very OT - Bad pun

2016-08-27 Thread Richmond
No it isn't . . . but it might be used on a Welsh Rarebit . . . especially by Bertie Wooster. R. On 27.08.2016 02:25, Bob Sneidar wrote: Isn't that a steak sauce? Bob S On Aug 25, 2016, at 08:28 , David V Glasgow > wrote: I use to live in

Re: Very OT - Bad pun

2016-08-25 Thread Richmond
I once knew a bloke whose family name was Cholmondley-Featherstonehaugh, which was pronounced: 'chumley - fanshawe'. Mind you with a name as posh as that one would have to be a bit careful if one described him as a 'bloke'. R. On 25.08.2016 18:33, Colin Holgate wrote: Not as bad as when I

Re: Very OT - Bad pun

2016-08-25 Thread Tore Nilsen
I guess Gloucestershire is only marginally better? Tore > 25. aug. 2016 kl. 17.28 skrev David V Glasgow : > > I use to live in Leicestershire … > > >> On 25 Aug 2016, at 4:25 pm, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> >> Not even the French could pronounce a

Re: Very OT - Bad pun

2016-08-25 Thread Colin Holgate
Not as bad as when I lived in Worcestershire. > On Aug 25, 2016, at 8:28 AM, David V Glasgow wrote: > > I use to live in Leicestershire … > > >> On 25 Aug 2016, at 4:25 pm, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> >> Not even the French could pronounce a word

Re: Very OT - Bad pun

2016-08-25 Thread David V Glasgow
I use to live in Leicestershire … > On 25 Aug 2016, at 4:25 pm, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > Not even the French could pronounce a word so different from how it is > spelled. (I'm half French so I can make fun of us). > > Bob S > > >> On Aug 23, 2016, at 14:29 ,

Re: Very OT - Bad pun

2016-08-25 Thread Bob Sneidar
Not even the French could pronounce a word so different from how it is spelled. (I'm half French so I can make fun of us). Bob S > On Aug 23, 2016, at 14:29 , stephen barncard > wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Richmond

Re: Very OT - Bad pun

2016-08-24 Thread Kay C Lan
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Richmond wrote: > Maybe you have been pronouncing it ED-IN-BURG, but that is not how > Scots pronounce it . . . > > So puns are out, Well in my neck of the woods it's pronounced 'nbra So the LC Ali-Fraser swedge would be 'The Spar in

Re: Very OT - Bad pun

2016-08-24 Thread stephen barncard
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:32 AM, Richmond wrote: > Maybe you have been pronouncing it ED-IN-BURG, but that is not how > Scots pronounce it . . . > I watch the BBC now and learned. Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org

Re: Very OT - Bad pun

2016-08-24 Thread Richmond
Maybe you have been pronouncing it ED-IN-BURG, but that is not how Scots pronounce it . . . So puns are out, but there is still a peerie problem in mid-Atlantic :) R. On 24.08.2016 00:29, stephen barncard wrote: On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Richmond wrote:

Re: Very OT - Bad pun

2016-08-23 Thread stephen barncard
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Richmond wrote: > Well, as most North Americans seem to pronounce "Edinburgh" as "Edinbro" . > . . I pronounced it ED-IN-BURG for years Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org

Re: Very OT - Bad pun

2016-08-23 Thread Richmond
Well, as most North Americans seem to pronounce "Edinburgh" as "Edinbro" . . . one could almost say that the Fiasco grows and grows! Divided by a common language we stand; United we . . . ? Richmond. On 23.08.2016 22:34, m...@jerrydaniels.com wrote: Glad to be here, BR. But then I tend to

Re: Very OT - Bad pun

2016-08-23 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami
uh oh… Now I have to read the list just to read Jerry's "stand up" deliveries. Welcome back Jerry. Your spirit was missed. BR Jerry Daniels-3 wrote and I can't think of anything that rhymes Edinburgh... but if we moved it just a little ways away we could call it the "Fiasco is Glasgow"

Very OT - Bad pun

2016-06-11 Thread pink
Jerry Daniels-3 wrote > I figured out what 'Ali awesomeness' meant just before I checked email. > I've got Mohammed Ali on the brain this week, I suppose. I realize the spelling is off, but RunRev could put on their own Ali-Fraser match. and I can't think of anything that rhymes Edinburgh... but