Places / Streets etc that sound nothing like they are spelled

[majorhoundii]

tilly wrote: Si wrote: majorhoundii wrote: ...the bloke who was from Northumberland, would say that in the old days (of Northumbria) they used to own us! He's right - in a way. Northumberland, I assume, means land north of the Humber. Your right Si Land of the Prince Bishops He is right about Northumbria, but tbh I've always thought the capital of the ancient kingdom of Northumbria was York - or Jorvic.The Land of the Prince Bishops is Durham

[somme1916]

Jogon wrote: si - well spotted, never considered the word! Just think of it as a nice underused part of the country.Somme" The Co-Op = GUD WITH FUDD "I assumed it is the scottish laddy from Coast who says that?Anyone Don't think so.....it's definitely John thingumijiggy but too late to look it up 2nite ......

[somme1916]

somme1916 wrote: Jogon wrote: si - well spotted, never considered the word! Just think of it as a nice underused part of the country.Somme" The Co-Op = GUD WITH FUDD "I assumed it is the scottish laddy from Coast who says that?Anyone Don't think so.....it's definitely John thingumijiggy but too late to look it up 2nite ...... Mork.....just spotted your post.Yes,I read it was 'im.Still does me head in.Durham.....Land of the prince bishops.....definitely.

[tilly]

Re adverts if the advert is so bad it gets every ones back up then its doing its job because every ones talking about it.What better way is there to advertise than by word of mouth.

[Si]

tilly wrote: Re adverts if the advert is so bad it gets every ones back up then its doing its job because every ones talking about it.What better way is there to advertise than by word of mouth. It's true that the ad is noticable because it's annoying. However, it's untrue that all advertising is good advertising. I remember the product, but the ad's doing nothing to make me want to buy it, even though I'm probably part of their market (I like cheese.)Surely, if you have millions to spend on a TV campaign, you want an idea that is memorable AND relevant to the product. It's called branding.Although not to everyone's taste, the Compare The Market meerkat ads are a brilliant piece of branding, IMHO.    

[Mork of Ork]

I may be wrong but I assumed the Pilgrim Cheese cowboy was used because of people calling each other pilgrims in western movies, most notably John Wayne? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrqlP6hzofEDon't know why he has to be tiny though...The places in the UK that always catch out the unaware are Towcester (said as toaster) and Bicester (said as bisster), not local to Leeds but it amuses me anyway.

[Si]

You're right Mork. Easterners travelling west were known as pilgrims. But what has that got to do with an English cheese brand? They should have made an ad featuring John Bunyan! Maybe not...Other obvious national names include Leicester, Worcester, Gloucester and Launceston, not to mention the famous Australian place of Loogbaroog (Loughborough.)        

[Mork of Ork]

Si wrote: You're right Mork. Easterners travelling west were known as pilgrims. But what has that got to do with an English cheese brand? They should have made an ad featuring John Bunyan! Maybe not...Other obvious national names include Leicester, Worcester, Gloucester and Launceston, not to mention the famous Australian place of Loogbaroog (Loughborough.)         I guess the first thing that popped into their mind when they thought of pilgrims was John Wayne, they agreed on that then all went down the pub.Loughborough has 2 different pronunciations of 'gh' in 1 word!

[chameleon]

Reminds me of the Judge who insisted the Barrieter, Mr Bury (B-you-ry) was called mr Berry. He in turn spoke to the 12 good people who thought 'they were sitting on the Jury, when his Lordship knew they were actually sitting on the Jerry'. Think about it    

[jdbythesea]

[quotenick="Mork of Ork"] Si wrote: Loughborough has 2 different pronunciations of 'gh' in 1 word! I've heard that some Americans call it "Loogbaroog"!JD