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Old Feb 10th 2006, 8:55 am
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I can say doona rather than duvet, manchester rather than linen etc. But I really can't get my head around pronouncing data as darta or memo as mee-mo.

Anyone else got words they can't get used to like this?
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Originally Posted by worzel
I can say doona rather than duvet, manchester rather than linen etc. But I really can't get my head around pronouncing data as darta or memo as mee-mo.

Anyone else got words they can't get used to like this?

what about row-ta instead of router or rowt instead of route ...
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Originally Posted by worzel
I can say doona rather than duvet, manchester rather than linen etc. But I really can't get my head around pronouncing data as darta or memo as mee-mo.

Anyone else got words they can't get used to like this?

yep Megan as Meegan...
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Old Feb 10th 2006, 9:00 am
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Originally Posted by cam_uk
what about row-ta instead of router or rowt instead of route ...
Ah yes - that is a really important one - the best "root" between Perth and Geraldton is a girl who knows how to please her man and not the Brand Highway
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Originally Posted by cam_uk
what about row-ta instead of router or rowt instead of route ...
Do I detect a network engineer at work here?

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Originally Posted by Welshie
yep Megan as Meegan...
Had to get used to that one pretty quick, sons girlfriend is called meeegan.
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I can't do Yo - gert.

New expressions are easy to pick up but to have to say a word differently to the way that you have been saying it for 30 (or more!!!) years makes me feel false. So, I'll say it my way!

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Originally Posted by worzel
I can say doona rather than duvet, manchester rather than linen etc. But I really can't get my head around pronouncing data as darta or memo as mee-mo.

Anyone else got words they can't get used to like this?

Manchester instead of linen, whats that all about then? I lived in Aus til I was 10 but dont remember that one.

I wonder if I pick up my old aussie accent quickly?
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Originally Posted by lawlaw
Manchester instead of linen, whats that all about then? I lived in Aus til I was 10 but dont remember that one.

I wonder if I pick up my old aussie accent quickly?

Yeh when we lived in NZ I couldnt cope with calling linen "manchester".

I went into a shop with a visitor from the UK as she wanted to buy a towel. Upon being told she'd find them in the Manchester department she inquired whether that was between the Birmingham and the Carlisle departments.

The shop staff didn't get it

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Originally Posted by lawlaw
Manchester instead of linen, whats that all about then? I lived in Aus til I was 10 but dont remember that one.

Until about 1820 in NSW, all woven cotton cloth and clothing came from India.

Then came the Industrial Revolution in England when people learnt how to spin and weave cotton like the Indians, but by machine. Many mills were founded and prospered in Lancashire, with the city of Manchester as its centre.

In Australia, Indian cottons were gradually replaced by the machine-woven sheets, etc, imported from England.

The term "manchester" for these items was first mentioned in the Sydney Gazette in 1835 and in due course manchester became the generic term for all household linen.
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Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede

Until about 1820 in NSW, all woven cotton cloth and clothing came from India.

Then came the Industrial Revolution in England when people learnt how to spin and weave cotton like the Indians, but by machine. Many mills were founded and prospered in Lancashire, with the city of Manchester as its centre.

In Australia, Indian cottons were gradually replaced by the machine-woven sheets, etc, imported from England.

The term "manchester" for these items was first mentioned in the Sydney Gazette in 1835 and in due course manchester became the generic term for all household linen.
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Excellent. I am now going to start referring to all Australian lager as "Melbourne" being where both Fosters and Carlton have their HQs.

Tinnie of Melbourne anyone?

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Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee
Yeh when we lived in NZ I couldnt cope with calling linen "manchester".

I went into a shop with a visitor from the UK as she wanted to buy a towel. Upon being told she'd find them in the Manchester department she inquired whether that was between the Birmingham and the Carlisle departments.

The shop staff didn't get it

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How about Pronounciation instead of Pronunciation?
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Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede

Until about 1820 in NSW, all woven cotton cloth and clothing came from India.

Then came the Industrial Revolution in England when people learnt how to spin and weave cotton like the Indians, but by machine. Many mills were founded and prospered in Lancashire, with the city of Manchester as its centre.

In Australia, Indian cottons were gradually replaced by the machine-woven sheets, etc, imported from England.

The term "manchester" for these items was first mentioned in the Sydney Gazette in 1835 and in due course manchester became the generic term for all household linen.
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Oh ok I get it, still thinks its a bit pony though. I will stick with linen.
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Maroon will always be maroon to me and not marone.
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