wiggyrichard Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 For 2 days now i havnt been able to see your avatar Mike...it upsets me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 12, 2011 Moderator Share Posted August 12, 2011 Probably best you can't see it then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villadude Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 The SummerSlam adverts on YouTube that cause every video to lag like hell. That winds me up too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villadude Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Wusster, is how i say it, or of course its actual name of 'the town of ear hair, monobrows and webbed hands and feet'. Sorry, but you're actually talking about Malvern there, not The Faithful City.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 13, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted August 13, 2011 Americans who can't pronounce Worcester. i dont get why americans try and say it as 2 seperate words wor cester, say it fast almost as 1 syllable, i can remember watching a youtube video of people taking the piss and then teaching americans how to say english town names and the people doing the teaching were just as bad One of the suburbs of Philadelphia is Worcester Township, which is pronounced Wore Sester. Of the other Worcesters in the US, the one in Massachusetts definitely pronounces it properly (allowing for the peculiarities of the local accent and what happens to terminal R's... Wusstah or Wusstuh is probably about the closest rendering), and Wikipedia indicates that the county in Maryland (on the Eastern Shore, so I'd suspect that the local dialect is rather a bit like the old country's) is also spelled properly. Meanwhile the others (Vermont, upstate New York, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan) are all culturally part of Greater Massachusetts (being originally settled by New Englanders moving west, you see this legacy even today in things like the structure of local government): those Worcesters are very likely named for the one in Massachusetts. The few times I've been in an online "pronounce English locales" contests, I've generally done well... the only gotchas were Loughborough and Shrewsbury*, as I recall. Having the likes of Billerica, Haverhill, Gloucester, Worcester, Leicester, Leominster, Peabody, etc. *: pronounced in Eastern New England as either Shroosbree or Shoosbree. I don't know how the hell you get Shroesbree out of that, but there you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Having to go somewhere awful to eat because its somebody's birthday. The awful place in question was a Toby Carvery. Wafer thin slices of meat Gravy that tastes life coffee Rickety little 2 person tables all pushed up together Blunt cutlery Not to mention that I HATE roast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 bad hamstring 3 games into the season and it's a struggle already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 Wusster, is how i say it, or of course its actual name of 'the town of ear hair, monobrows and webbed hands and feet'. Sorry, but you're actually talking about Malvern there, not The Faithful City.. Malvern is inbred central. Whilst there are weirdos in Worcester, Malvern is a whole new ball game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Wusster, is how i say it, or of course its actual name of 'the town of ear hair, monobrows and webbed hands and feet'. Sorry, but you're actually talking about Malvern there, not The Faithful City.. Actually, you're probably correct for some parts of Malvern, an unfortunate spillover from Gloucestershire, no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdabush Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Worcesters are very likely named for the one in Massachusetts. The few times I've been in an online "pronounce English locales" contests, I've generally done well... the only gotchas were Loughborough and Shrewsbury*, as I recall. Having the likes of Billerica, Haverhill, Gloucester, Worcester, Leicester, Leominster, Peabody, etc. *: pronounced in Eastern New England as either Shroosbree or Shoosbree. I don't know how the hell you get Shroesbree out of that, but there you go. Us Brits can't even decide how it's pronounced so it would have been a bit harsh to penalise you for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 15, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted August 15, 2011 As Donovan once nearly said: "First there is an avatar, then there is no avatar, then there is". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 When people abbreviate players names or give them nicknames ie. Zoggy (N'Zogbia), Givo (Given), Dazza (Bent). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 As Donovan once nearly said: "First there is an avatar, then there is no avatar, then there is". Terry Donovan said that? Blimey a decent, honest CF but never had him down as a real thinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danwichmann Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 When people abbreviate players names or give them nicknames ie. Zoggy (N'Zogbia), Givo (Given), Dazza (Bent). Unless they're hard to spell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 The Inbetweeners Movie. Haven't seen it, but I know it'll be shit. I know it'll just be Kevin and Perry Go Large v2. I know it'll then last for about of month on Facebook with clearings in the woods constantly quoting it's banal one-liners. I know all this, but I can't escape it. The inevitability of an oncoming wave of tedium. Depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeefy14 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 **** FOREIGN CALL CENTRES!!!!!!!!! I DONT GIVE A **** HOW GOOD YOUR ENGLISH IS IF YOU CANT **** UNDERSTAND ME!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 **** FOREIGN CALL CENTRES!!!!!!!!! I DONT GIVE A **** HOW GOOD YOUR ENGLISH IS IF YOU CANT **** UNDERSTAND ME!!!Half past Seven and we close early on Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeefy14 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 **** FOREIGN CALL CENTRES!!!!!!!!! I DONT GIVE A **** HOW GOOD YOUR ENGLISH IS IF YOU CANT **** UNDERSTAND ME!!!Half past Seven and we close early on Wednesday almost calmed me down that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 **** FOREIGN CALL CENTRES!!!!!!!!! I DONT GIVE A **** HOW GOOD YOUR ENGLISH IS IF YOU CANT **** UNDERSTAND ME!!! Thank you for providing me with your Full Name, Date of Birth, Mother's Maiden Name, Postal and Residential Address, Secret Password, Account Number and Wife's First Pet's Name. Now, how can I help you sir? --- I'm sorry, our system is currently down at the moment. Please try later. Have a great day. Actually this might be off topic. It's something that pisses me off and so it bloody well should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 im sure i have mentioned it in here a few times but the Poznan is so **** annoying, not the celebration but the fact its done by many other Polish and eastern teams not just **** Lech Poznan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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