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 -- > Spammers: Send me email -> yumyum at easyweb.co.uk to train my filter > http://www.nuclearelephant.com/projects/dspam/ Sell Cloth Nappies from your website: http://www.purpur.co.uk/announcing-purpur-associates