Do you ever..
Mar 24th 2008, 12:58 pm
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Do you ever..
pronounce the place names in oz totally wrong then get slated cause your a "thick pom".I've been reading up on quite a few places and the names can be a right mouthful or is it me just being dumb?
Mar 24th 2008, 1:00 pm
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exmouth
wagga wagga
oh and aussstrallya
Mar 24th 2008, 1:00 pm
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and where is the pic of big fish
Mar 24th 2008, 1:16 pm
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but far from them saying you're thick, you just laugh about it! I normally sneakily ask them how to pronounce such and such You should've heard how my OH pronounced Ormeau 
mind you TheWoodz did too
Mar 24th 2008, 1:19 pm
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The fish was caught in the maldives beautiful place called meerufenfushi and here's me sayin i can't pronounce place names!!I don't think i have a fat arse all my pants are 32 inch so i don't think its that fat.What area is aussstrallya??
Mar 24th 2008, 1:35 pm
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Anyone takes the mick out of me pronouncing placenames, I just give them some Welsh ones in return
Mar 24th 2008, 1:41 pm
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Mar 24th 2008, 1:49 pm
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Very funny, I promise you
Oh they all know Esmeralda, she comes to work every day and has her own little desk and computer