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heard this joke yesterday

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited June 2023
    Bough
    Cough
    Dough
    Lough 
    Rough

    None of these words rhyme with each other even though only the first letter differs.
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Hiccough
    Thought
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Ghoti
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    B3 said:
    Hiccough
    Thought
    through 
    Devon.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    For those who speak Geordie.

    The Mayor of Newcastle is invited to a reception at Buckingham Palace.

    The King, doing the honours, passes a plate asking “Cake or meringue?”

    ”No, you’re not wrong, Your Majesty, I will have a cake.”
    Rutland, England
  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    You can prove you're from the Potteries by talking like this:

    "Coss keck a bo agenst a wo n'yedit tillit bosses"
    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    I agree with @JennyJ ..... there's no r in bath.

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    How about iron?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    What about it? I thought you liked it here!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Pronounced iorn in most places.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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