1964 hit song
and movie of the same name
(not a literal adaptation of the song title, but what people heard it as...)
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Fri 4 Feb 2011, 18:17,
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(not a literal adaptation of the song title, but what people heard it as...)
You did Do You Know The Way To San Jose yesterday, another Frankie cover.
Are you branching out and starting a Frankie Goes To Hollywood covers radio show?
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Fri 4 Feb 2011, 18:25,
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I didn't know that.
But I did meet Dionne Warwick once back in 1971, and I lived in San Jose for a while.
I tried to ignore pop radio as much as possible in the 80s...
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Fri 4 Feb 2011, 18:28,
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I tried to ignore pop radio as much as possible in the 80s...
I hope you told her it's correctly pronounced 'Worrick' and not 'War-wick',
but then I doubt that sprang immediately to mind at the time.
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Fri 4 Feb 2011, 18:37,
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Most radio announcers got it wrong here
and it became the accepted way.
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Fri 4 Feb 2011, 18:40,
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Then again,
I loved the way a woman apparently from the Deep South (but probably from Basildon) pronounced 'Worcestershire Sauce' in a TV ad in the '90s, so it's swings and roundabouts innit?
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Fri 4 Feb 2011, 18:53,
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Admirable research efforts there.
The first bloke is closest with "Wuster-SHEER".
Here, we just roll with "Wuster". But then it's a deeply-ingrained 'brand' here, so we treat it with familiarity.
If I told you how we pronounce "Ford", you wouldn't believe me. ;)
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Fri 4 Feb 2011, 19:21,
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Here, we just roll with "Wuster". But then it's a deeply-ingrained 'brand' here, so we treat it with familiarity.
If I told you how we pronounce "Ford", you wouldn't believe me. ;)
I have only heard it as approximately "fourd" in the UK
even in the radio version of Hitchhiker's Guide - but maybe I am missing some subtle difference?
is this page right?
www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/pronunciation.htm
What is harder: the Vietnamese noodle soup pho is more like Feh, I guess.
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Fri 4 Feb 2011, 19:34,
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is this page right?
www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/pronunciation.htm
What is harder: the Vietnamese noodle soup pho is more like Feh, I guess.