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Old 03-02-2010, 02:27 PM   #8135
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Originally Posted by Sparrow View Post
People's surnames can be a nightmare.
Place names too. My local favourites are

Happisburgh
Spoiler:
Haize-bru

Costessey
Spoiler:
Cossy

and Wymondham
Spoiler:
Win-dm



And it still amuses me that the Taxi driver in Denver, CO, didn't know where the Warwick Hotel was – until I stopped pronouncing it like the English city!
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