Hove Lagoonery
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Same thing with The Fall, I believe.This was in common use in the UK up until maybe 100 years ago, when it went out of use. The yanks continued to use it.
Same thing with The Fall, I believe.This was in common use in the UK up until maybe 100 years ago, when it went out of use. The yanks continued to use it.
Do you remember this?
Same thing with The Fall, I believe.
Same thing with The Fall, I believe.
AloominumSee also candy, diaper, faucet and not pronouncing the "h" in herb.
Indeed. Humphry Davy first named it aluminum but later changed it to aluminium to match the other -iums. The Americans stuck with the original version.Aloominum
Add pacifier to that.See also candy, diaper, faucet and not pronouncing the "h" in herb.
So what do they say instead (just out of mild interest)?Oh the irony, for "cool" is an old person's word which today's youth don't much use.
I say cool all the time"Cool" - no it isn't.
It was Mickey Adams who started calling it that. I thought the general view was with yours to begin with but over time it became quite a likeable turn of phrase.This (with slight edit)
Anyone that went to school in Brighton probably did sports day at the stadium, and it was always known as Withdean or Withdean Stadium.
I don’t actually remember hearing anyone call it “The Withdean” until the Albion played there.
That bypasses boiling and turns my piss to instant steam.Aloominum
Yes, but super-f***ing-sonic is acceptableSuper. As in ‘super excited’, ’super happy’ and linkedin favourite ‘super proud’.
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No it didn't, its gash.It was Mickey Adams who started calling it that. I thought the general view was with yours to begin with but over time it became quite a likeable turn of phrase.