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Old June 29th 10, 07:29 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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On 29/06/2010 00:34, The Iron Jelloid wrote:
Once upon a time, Guy wrote:

Tourists and natives alike are asked in this country to pronounce the
new name for Abbey as San-tan-daire. I asked the staff whether they
would look at the cal-en-daire on the wall, and whether I could
ten-daire a 5 pound note. Sensible answers were prohibited by
management.


The French kitchen equipment company Moulinex (which mum always said
should be pronounced "Moliknow") actually ran adverts where they
pronounced it "Moon-li-nex", because that was how most UK people said
it.

Ditto Peugeot calling themselves "Perr-jo".


Ness-ll.

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK
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