Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[Techno]

  -  but are you interfering with the Englishman's God-given right to mispronounce the names of other places? Dammit, man, next thing you know you'll be insisting he get English right!

Place names are a complete sod.

You should try some of the ones near me. .

Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

Or this one Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu about 250km from me

[fsn]

But only 249km from the start of the sign!

[Westmarcher]

Or this one Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu

Apparently Gershwin's original rendition of Lets call the whole thing off just never took off until he shortened the name to "Taumata."

[originally the first line was You say Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu and I say Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu but it just never seemed to scan right.]

But it was only in 1979 when Quantum Leap wrote The Lone Ranger that Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu was successfully scanned into a song ...

I may have made some of that up. 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Paul that looks like a joke played on the English speakers  

[FierceKitty]

Place names are a complete sod.

You should try some of the ones near me. .

Cheers - Phil

Remember I live in Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit - and it's a tonal language too!

[OldenBUA]

Ho hum. English versions of place names could indeed be discussed endlessly. But I was merely refering to the pronunciation of Breda in the video in this case.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

https://youtu.be/fHxO0UdpoxM

Turns out Taron Edgerton grew up there...
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ellen-degeneres-stunned-welsh-tongue-7300686

[fsn]

But it was only in 1979 when Quantum Leap wrote The Lone Ranger that Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu was successfully scanned into a song ...

Thanks. I now have that song stuck in my head


... but Tonto don't mind.

[Westmarcher]

Yeah, a good song. The next one that came up for me on YouTube was Star Trekkin - another daft ear worm! 

Sadly, Rupert Hine (the lead singer in Quantum Jump) died just over a week ago. 

[Techno]

Thanks, lots, Davy.....

I've had, "It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead, Jim, it's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead", as an earworm since I spotted this .

(That's enough commas.....Phil.)

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Wipe em off Jim!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Will keep it clean !

[fsn]

Gentlemen, whilst looking at some pictures on the interweb I was reminded of these ...



Did anyone else have them? I sill have mine, both sets and I was quite fond of the Authenticolour paints - "British Crimson", "Polish Crimson", "Olive Drab"

Sorry. Just meandering down memory lane.

[Raider4]

Interesting. Never seen those before.

[Orcs]

I remember them, but don't recall having more than one or two

[Ithoriel]

I remember them, but don't recall having more than one or two

Ditto. They are still with me, tucked into a shelf in the bookcase. Don't remember the last time I looked at them though.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Think I slod the Sherman one a few years ago

[Steve J]

I remember seeing them when I was a kid, but never owned any. A trip down memory lane seeing them though .

[FierceKitty]

Think I slod the Sherman one a few years ago

Slod that for a game of soldiers, you tanker.