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8071

Yeah I wasnā€™t sure. He cuts across a few decades. I was thinking more ā€˜80s, but as @Doggatron said it was 1930s

8072

John Lennon? Elton John?

Actually, I got it!
Max Headroom!

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8073

Isnā€™t that a weirdly cute beast or burden from Empire?

8074

I think Iā€™ve confused this.

I need someone from the ā€˜60s, surely Max headroom is ā€˜80s

8075

Oh.
Yes.
Tā€™wasnā€™t you, tā€™was my skimming.

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8076

Got a spare double bass handy? You could go as this Guy.

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8077

There are a couple of words Iā€™ve recently heard pronounced differently from what I, and any Victorians Iā€™ve asked, pronounce them.

ā€˜Distributionā€™ stresses the first I, but to me, 'distribute" stresses the second I.
Ditto Contribute.

For all my fellow nerds, what do you think?

And the word ā€˜routeā€™, I know the septics pronounce it like ā€˜routā€™, but Iā€™ve always heard it pronounced ā€˜rootā€™,

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Agree entirely with your take. I think even yanks pronounce distribute and contribute the same way. Though they do have a tendency to put emphasis early in words/phrases:

ROLLing stone. (Aus - no emphasis at all).

I donā€™t GIVE a damn. (Aus - I donā€™t give a DAMN)

8079

Pronouncing a router as a rooter might be misunderstood by the boomers?

8080

You rout the enemy, you donā€™t, or at least shouldnā€™t, route themā€¦

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8081

Iā€™ve been hearing distribute pronounced with the stress on the first syllable by both poms and seppos.

8082

I stress CONTribute but disTRIbute

Itā€™s weird

I say rout and re-rout as a verb, ā€œrootā€ as a noun.

8083

I find it unusual that we call station wagons, station wagons. Like the yanks.

And british people call them estates. Like whats the deal?

8084

Iā€™ll pick you up in my ute and let you know.

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8085

They also call normal cars saloons, so I wouldnā€™t be following their terminology at all.
And Yanks call utes pick ups, at least thatā€™s one name we can take ownership of.

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8086

Yeah sedan/saloon exactly the same thing

No just some interesting twists of the english language I was thinking about the other day.

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8087

Following on this them WTAF is a town car

8088

Itā€™s like a town bike, but bigger and more comfortable.

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8089

Brits also call trucks a Lorry. Could never get used to thatā€¦Lorry sounds like a kids word.