[Dixielandjazz] Boring The Audience

[dingle at baldwin-net.com]

Robert Smith wrote:

>Oh, my goodness, Don. What about Featherstonehaugh (prononced Fenshaw), 
>Salop for Shropshire, Brum for Birmingham (U.K.), and not to mention 
>Leicestershire, Gloucestershire in addition to Worcestershire. Then in Wales 
>we have names like Yspytty Ystwyth and Pwllheli.
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>Cheers
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>Bob Smith
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Churchhill was right -- two nation's separated by a common language!
Well, we have some native names on our villages and places that defy easy
tongue manipulation. Don,t get me started!
As far as that goes, Smith is not as common as you think when it comes to
variations. Trust me - my mother was one!
Don