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posted November 20, 2015 22:02
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.
 
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posted November 21, 2015 21:24Hide Post
I'll get on it.
 
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posted November 22, 2015 01:56Hide Post
Two 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?


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posted November 22, 2015 02:00Hide Post
It would.


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posted November 23, 2015 22:37Hide Post
Trust me Geoff. It doesn't.


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posted November 27, 2015 00:57Hide Post
Only one so far.


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posted November 27, 2015 05:33Hide Post
This one's tough. I'll get one eventually.
 
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posted November 29, 2015 05:06Hide Post
heh heh love the challenge. bet we get some good ones.
 
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posted November 29, 2015 22:43Hide Post
Given that I still have only one, I'd bet against you.


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posted November 30, 2015 22:02Hide Post
Well, we've now reached the dizzy heights of two.


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posted December 01, 2015 18:48Hide Post
I 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.
 
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posted December 01, 2015 20:39Hide Post
It 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.
 
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posted December 01, 2015 21:11Hide Post
Staggering? More like falling over and lying in the gutter. Big Grin


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posted December 03, 2015 21:02Hide Post
My sweet hubs said he'd try, and then I forgot the name of the place! I'll see if he'll send you one.
 
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posted December 07, 2015 21:11Hide Post
Still don't have enough to post.


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posted December 08, 2015 14:41Hide Post
Slouches! I've got two in already.
 
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posted December 08, 2015 20:17Hide Post
Ah, well, Shu is one of those slouches. He still hasn't sent one.
 
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posted December 09, 2015 08:36Hide Post
Did you receive mine?
 
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posted December 10, 2015 02:19Hide Post
I did


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posted December 10, 2015 11:27Hide Post
Still struggling, but then I've been driving across the country while ill, so will try once I feel better.
 
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posted December 10, 2015 19:38Hide Post
It is awful to have to drive long distances while being ill. So sorry. We'll be patient.
 
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posted December 11, 2015 03:51Hide Post
I 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"...
 
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posted December 12, 2015 06:03Hide Post
Oh, thanks, Hab. Now I've added nausea to my symptoms... Frown Psychosomatic suggestion when already sick SUUUUCKS!
 
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posted December 12, 2015 14:59Hide Post
Garage will work as a rhyme too, in some English dialects, as will Marriage, etc.


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posted December 13, 2015 09:33Hide Post
quote:
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.
 
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posted December 16, 2015 20:32Hide Post
Nice way to put it. Wink
 
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posted December 20, 2015 09:57Hide Post
ew!
 
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posted December 20, 2015 15:46Hide Post
Yes, it was almost as bad as my submission, so I've deleted it. How many decent ones have you, Bob?
 
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posted December 20, 2015 20:01Hide Post
I'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.


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