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Posted: 31 Mar 2006, 13:07
by tubeguru
Hmmm, 520 degrees there, which might stop me advancing past Go.

ANGEL (pronounced ANGLE)

Posted: 31 Mar 2006, 16:34
by standclearofthedoors
BANK (PRONOUNCED SUDBURY HILL HARROW)

Posted: 31 Mar 2006, 17:40
by gasman
Playing my American Tourist token:

LEICESTER SQUARE (pronounced Lye-ses-terr Squay-err)

Posted: 31 Mar 2006, 22:02
by tubeguru
SOUTHWARK (pronounced south-walk)

Posted: 01 Apr 2006, 01:04
by Sillert, V.I.
PERIVALE (pronounced er-i-vale, the 'p' is silent)

Posted: 01 Apr 2006, 12:58
by CrunchySaviour
What?!

Posted: 01 Apr 2006, 14:07
by sweek
CrunchySaviour wrote:What?!
Whatford or Totteridge & Whatstone?

Posted: 01 Apr 2006, 14:26
by Sillert, V.I.
Or even Whatlington.

By the way, it's also feasible to have a silent 'p' in Parsons Green, but much riskier from Putney Bridge; don't even think of trying this at St. Paul's

Posted: 01 Apr 2006, 14:27
by TheFatBuoy
Sillert, V.I. wrote:Or even Whatlington.

By the way, it's also feasible to have a silent 'p' in Parsons Green, but much riskier from Putney Bridge; don't even think of trying this at St. Paul's
I agree. The use of a silent P should be used with the utmost care. You never know who it'll land on.

Posted: 01 Apr 2006, 14:50
by Sillert, V.I.
Very true. So now I can play

THE EIFFEL TOWER (pronounced "eye-full tow-er")

Be very careful if you are standing underneath it and looking up :wink:

Posted: 02 Apr 2006, 22:42
by zeibura
i shall follow with

HOLBORN (pronounced holl-born).

the silent L would spoon the world.

Posted: 03 Apr 2006, 11:56
by CrunchySaviour
GRENNIDGE using the phonetic alignment paradigm.

Posted: 03 Apr 2006, 13:03
by Sillert, V.I.
I've heard it's THE place to go if you fancy having a mean time!

Applying the downstream corollary to the phonetic alignment paradigm:

WOOLIDGE

Posted: 03 Apr 2006, 13:35
by gasman
MARBLE ARDGE

Posted: 03 Apr 2006, 13:46
by TheFatBuoy
MARBLE ARDGE SIMPSON