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Ever thought that you could get flushed down the loo? That girls wee out their bottoms? Or that bumming means two men rubbing their bums together? Tell us about your childhood misconceptions. Thanks to Joefish for the suggestion.

(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 18 Jan 2012, 15:21)
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Xenophobics like to tell stories about Americans pronouncing it "Aisle-ing-ton"
To try and make them sound like they're stupid, when actually it's perfectly reasonable to think it would be pronounced like that.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 10:26, 2 replies)
The worst place in Lahndan for all that is the bloody river
No forrins get that one right first time
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 10:56, closed)
I'd like to add
Leicester to that.

Lie sest er?
(I helped save b3ta! sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 13:40, closed)
On a similar note, it's generally not worth engaging people who think they're funny in conversation about the town of
Midsomer Norton.

"Hur hur hur! You mean like - as in - Midsomer Murders?! Hur hur hur!"

"*sigh* Yes - like as in Midsomer Murders ... "
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 13:48, closed)
Isn't that where all the white folks live?

(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 14:26, closed)
Well Emvee - having met you, we can test this!
Do you live there?
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 15:05, closed)
To give Americans some credit
I have heard English people mis-pronounce:
New Orleans
Maryland
Illinois
Arkansas
(The Kwyjibo A big, dumb, balding North American ape., Wed 25 Jan 2012, 13:57, closed)
Maryland?
I fear the answer to this question, but how is that mispronounced?

The others, I can see. And, in the case of New Orleans, am quite possibly guilty of myself.
(I helped save b3ta! scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 13:59, closed)
Merry-lund
Apparently
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 14:16, closed)
I could have made my question clearer, because now I am not sure if that is the answer to
'How is it mispronounced?' or 'How should it be pronounced?'

Although I am guessing the latter, which makes me one of the people who get it wrong. Which is embarrassing, given that I spent a week there.
(I helped save b3ta! scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 14:23, closed)
It shouldn't be pronounced "Mary-land"
according to my septic acquaintances, it should be pronounced "Merry-lund" with the emphasis on the second syllable, like "meh REE lund"
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 14:25, closed)
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Which means I spent a lot of time annoying the locals, I fear.
(I helped save b3ta! scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 14:27, closed)
They make nice cookies there

(The Magic Number is neither magic nor a number, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 15:36, closed)

Wtf? I lived in CT for 6 years. I heard marrylun, but emphasis was definitely on the first syllable...
(tyrellsOwl, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:46, closed)
When Mrs V and I were in the states last year, we went to Yosemite.
I insisted on only ever referring to it as "Yoe-smite".

Mrs Vagabond wasn't embarassed by my obvious hilariousness, oh no, and everyone who heard it thought it was really funny.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 25 Jan 2012, 14:16, closed)

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