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Mrs Liveinabin tells us: My mum told me to eat my vegetables, or I wouldn't get any pudding. I'm 32 and told her I could do what I like. I ate my vegetables. Tell us about mums.

(, Thu 11 Feb 2010, 13:21)
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My mother
told us that popular newsagent and awful poster retailer John Menzies was pronounced 'Mingiss'. How we sneered and poured scorn upon her rank stupidity. Could she not read?

Needless to say she had the last laugh.

Mind you, she also once told me John Craven was Turkish, so one-all, mother, OK?
(, Sat 13 Feb 2010, 18:38, 1 reply)
I wouldn't have believed it; but a little research brought me this gem:
www.johnmenziesplc.com/about-us/history/name-pronunciation.php
(, Mon 15 Feb 2010, 8:16, closed)

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