Radio 4 has a guest using the Youbilee pronounciation (& also youmanity); dropping his aitches in a very patrician, rather than cockney, manner. Also monarch.
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Who the hell was it?Originally posted by Flosshilde View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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You believe that? I find it hard to do so! So, no doubt, would Her Mayesty.Originally posted by Flosshilde View PostComment
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Not unless she has undergone an overnight sex-change operation......Originally posted by ahinton View Post
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain.Comment
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Like it or not (the Jooblee or the product or the marketing industry), you have to concede this is brilliant:
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I love Marmite, and I shall be buying one of those pots sharpish!
And I rather like this T- Shirt:-
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain.Comment
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The problem with the Marmite jar is that, as everyone should know, 'Ma'am' is pronounced Mam, as in jam, not Mahm as in farm. Consequently the joke doesn't quite work
I think the river pageant is a brilliant theatrical idea - especially if it doesn't rain, and if the music is tolerable.Comment
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I must be a pleb, I always think (and would say, if I ever got the chance) MARM...Originally posted by Mary Chambers View PostThe problem with the Marmite jar is that, as everyone should know, 'Ma'am' is pronounced Mam, as in jam, not Mahm as in farm. Consequently the joke doesn't quite work
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Can't be long before that tap on the shoulder with a sword, CalibanOriginally posted by Caliban View PostI must be a pleb, I always think (and would say, if I ever got the chance) MARM...
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... and then straight across in a horizontal line?Originally posted by salymap View PostCan't be long before that tap on the shoulder with a sword, Caliban
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post... and then straight across in a horizontal line? .... tottering drunkenly into the Bayswater Samurai Club, most likely...
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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