[thechat] Odd Ball Sports

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Mon Dec 4 01:11:07 CST 2006


On 4 Dec 2006, at 03:42, William Anderson wrote:

> John Handelaar wrote:
>> Martin Burns wrote:
>>> Penicuik
>
> Penny-cook - even for a sheltered Scot, this would have been easy,  
> since
> there's been a double-glazing company called Penicuik advertising  
> on the
> telly for years.

Yeah, my Cheshire MiL pronounces it as "Penny-Coo-ik" with the worst  
affectation of an accent.

>>> Kircaldy
>
> Kir-kaw-dee

...unless yer John Lennon who pronounced it as written on Cry Baby Cry

>>> Cockburnspath
>
> Koh-burns-path

Close, but nae cigar. It's Koh-path

>>> Ruyton-XI-Towns
>
> You've made that up

Nope:
http://yurel.com/bm56
http://www.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=ruyton-xi- 
towns&ie=UTF8&z=14&om=1&iwloc=addr

Cheers
Martin

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