On 24-1-2016 20:32, Francois Labreque wrote:
>> The trouble with these mythical lands, much like Tolkien, is that all
>> the nouns sound so utterly identical that it's *really hard* to follow
>> what the *hell* is going on!
>
> I wonder where they got a silly idea like that!
>
> BedfordshireBerkshire
> Buckinghamshire
> Cambridgeshire
> Cheshire
> Derbyshire
> Gloucestershire
> Hampshire
> Herefordshire
> Hertfordshire <--- 1 whole character different!
> Lancashire
> Leicestershire
> Lincolnshire
> Northamptonshire
> Nottinghamshire
> Oxfordshire
> Shropshire
> Staffordshire
> Warwickshire
> Wiltshire
> Worcestershire
> East Riding of Yorkshire
> North Yorkshire
> South Yorkshire
> West Yorkshire
>
>
Yes! and then they mash up their pronunciation too! ;-)
--
Thomas
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