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A wee laugh for the rained off!

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  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    ....and I mentioned on another thread that my boiler repair man is called Bobby Ewing. I had to post a pic of his card to prove it! image 

  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    I don't know if this is true but the person who told me swore it was.

    He knew a chap called Mr Marks who married a girl called Aine. It's an Irish name pronounced Onya!!!

    Last edited: 01 July 2016 11:31:50

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    I know someone who had neighbours called Sidebottom.

    They insisted their name was pronounced 'Siddy  b'tom'  image

    Mhairi is a fairly well know name here (Gaelic - pronounced Varry) Like gffinch's story, a friend of mine with this name once got grief from a client who insisted her name must be Mhari (pronounced Marry) Wouldn't listen to her when she corrected him.... image

    She was well hacked off with him....image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    Like my Chinese student! She could say it perfectly well but insisted that it was pronounced a different way! Bizarre!

    I had a friend many years ago called Mandy. Her boss insisted on calling her Amanda (being a snotty git). She had to bring her Birth Certificate in to shut him up. image

    Is Siddybottom not a bit like Bouquet?

    Last edited: 01 July 2016 17:14:29

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Yes Ppauper  image

    We also used to have a customer at work whose surname was Hands. When she ordered anything, she'd give her name and then say - 'as in 'feet'....image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    image That's the spirit embrace the madness. I knew someone who auotmatically spelled her's. She couldn't be bothered with all the preamble!

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