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Limerick game: West Bromwich
November 20, 2015, 22:02
BobHaleLimerick game: West Bromwich
pronunciation guide
west BROM itch (w not pronounced)
Will also accept the commonly abbreviated form of west BROM.
A town near to my own.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
November 21, 2015, 21:24
KallehI'll get on it.
November 22, 2015, 01:56
arnieTwo towns near me are Greenwich and Woolwich. They are pronounced 'GRIN idge' and 'WOOL idge', although I have heard them pronounced with an 'itch' by some people. Would the former way be acceptable to you?
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
November 22, 2015, 02:00
BobHaleIt would.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
November 23, 2015, 22:37
BobHaleTrust me Geoff. It doesn't.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
November 27, 2015, 00:57
BobHaleOnly one so far.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
November 27, 2015, 05:33
GeoffThis one's tough. I'll get one eventually.
November 29, 2015, 05:06
bethree5heh heh love the challenge. bet we get some good ones.
November 29, 2015, 22:43
BobHaleGiven that I still have only one, I'd bet against you.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
November 30, 2015, 22:02
BobHaleWell, we've now reached the dizzy heights of two.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
December 01, 2015, 18:48
GeoffI almost had one last night, but my few functioning synapses sinned in the apses and were excommunicated from my brain. I'll keep trying sans synapses.
December 01, 2015, 20:39
KallehIt took me forever with mine - and then I still can't get the last line right. However, it sounds like the competition isn't staggering, at least.
December 01, 2015, 21:11
BobHaleStaggering? More like falling over and lying in the gutter.

"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
December 03, 2015, 21:02
KallehMy sweet hubs said he'd try, and then I forgot the name of the place! I'll see if he'll send you one.
December 07, 2015, 21:11
BobHaleStill don't have enough to post.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
December 08, 2015, 14:41
bethree5Slouches! I've got two in already.
December 08, 2015, 20:17
KallehAh, well, Shu is one of those slouches. He still hasn't sent one.
December 09, 2015, 08:36
haberdasherDid you receive mine?
December 10, 2015, 02:19
BobHaleI did
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
December 10, 2015, 11:27
GeoffStill struggling, but then I've been driving across the country while ill, so will try once I feel better.
December 10, 2015, 19:38
KallehIt is awful to have to drive long distances while being ill. So sorry. We'll be patient.
December 11, 2015, 03:51
haberdasherI knew there was another Pronunciation Guide lurking, gnawing at my subconscious -
Consider:
"...you dream you are crossing
The channel and tossing
About in a steamer from Harwich -
Which is something between
A large bathing machine
And a very small second-class carriage"...December 12, 2015, 06:03
GeoffOh, thanks, Hab. Now I've added nausea to my symptoms...

Psychosomatic suggestion when already sick SUUUUCKS!
December 12, 2015, 14:59
arnie Garage will work as a rhyme too, in some English dialects, as will
Marriage, etc.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
December 13, 2015, 09:33
haberdasherquote:
Originally posted by arnie:
Garage will work as a rhyme too, in some English dialects, as will Marriage, etc.
Yes. Except that we're dealing with a generic "-wich" rather than "Harwich." It may take some creative wordplay to find strong rhymes with Bromwich; peerage or leakage or porridge don't quite cut it.
December 16, 2015, 20:32
KallehNice way to put it.

December 20, 2015, 09:57
bethree5ew!
December 20, 2015, 15:46
GeoffYes, it was almost as bad as my submission, so I've deleted it. How many decent ones have you, Bob?
December 20, 2015, 20:01
BobHaleI'm giving this till Wednesday. Then, because I don't want to spend time over Christmas and New Year on it, I'll post it.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.