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But did you pronounce it Shr-oos-bury or Shr-ohs-bury?

(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:19, 3 replies, latest was 13 years ago)
Sh-i-te

(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:19, Reply)
I grew up there and I still don't know which one is "right"

(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:24, Reply)
I was born there and I think it's Shr-oos-bury, but I'm not sure.

(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:26, Reply)
Oh god, were we born in the same hospital?

(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:28, Reply)
Shrewsbury general I think.
I'm a lot younger than you though.
(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:31, Reply)
Ah, I was Copthorne
but I think that's gone now.
(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:42, Reply)
I have a pal who moved there
He says 'Shroosebury', but I always thought is was Shrosebury.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW!
(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:38, Reply)
I suspect they use your pronunciation in the posh end of town
And the other in the rough end of town.
Oh hang on... is there actually a posh end of town?
(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:40, Reply)
The whole place is pretty posh.
It's not exactly Dunstable.
(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:42, Reply)
when I was a kid the locals said it was about which side of the river you grew up on.
I've always pronounced it Shrosebury if that helps.
(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:42, Reply)
The latter, mostly
It seema quite a pleasant place, although that might be rose-tinted due to cocktails.
(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:35, Reply)
where did you go cocktail drinking?

(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 10:37, Reply)
The Libertine
www.eatshrewsbury.co.uk/reviews-The-Libertine.php
(, Mon 12 Dec 2011, 11:00, Reply)

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