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In Peterswood, the crooks and villains,
amazing clever plot will,
be finally uncovered by
the brilliant Fatty Trott-ville.
amazing clever plot will,
be finally uncovered by
the brilliant Fatty Trott-ville.
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Brilliant Barnard!
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Thank you so much, Daisy.
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I enjoyed your "pome", Barnard! Here's a limerick for people who like the three-syllable pronunciation:
There was a young porker called Trotter-ville
Who said, "I speak out and say what I will.
This ink won't come visible,
Our efforts are risible,
We're badly in need of a hotter grill!"
There was a young porker called Trotter-ville
Who said, "I speak out and say what I will.
This ink won't come visible,
Our efforts are risible,
We're badly in need of a hotter grill!"
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
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- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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Brilliant Anita (from one who likes the three syllable pronounciation and finds the idea of "Trott-vil" very difficult to assimilate after all these years).
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These are fantastic 'pomes' and limericks, and I'm going to have a go too!
In Peterswood Goon is the Old Bill,
But there's a resident there making him ill.
So he made an arrest
Of That Fat Boy who's a pest,
But is his name Trott - or Trott - er - ville?
PS I'm with the 'Trot Vill' group of forumites, but it's very interesting reading arguments for an alternative pronunciation!
In Peterswood Goon is the Old Bill,
But there's a resident there making him ill.
So he made an arrest
Of That Fat Boy who's a pest,
But is his name Trott - or Trott - er - ville?
PS I'm with the 'Trot Vill' group of forumites, but it's very interesting reading arguments for an alternative pronunciation!
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Great, Perce!
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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She's a bit of a chocoholic, so must have encountered Bourneville!Anita Bensoussane wrote: ↑04 Jul 2021, 18:57Ah, but has she yet encountered Mandeville, vaudeville or Bonneville?
All of which shows that you can't use one word to prove the pronunciation of another similarly spelled. I remember an English master asking us how the word ghoti was pronounced. The answer is fish.
gh = f (as in cough)
o- i (as in women)
ti = sh (as if station)
We then have two words spelled the same, but pronounced differently:
produce - as in goods/vegetables etc - "fresh produce is available"
produce - to make or present - "I will produce a rabbit out of my hat"
What a wonderfully complicated language!
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Yes, thanks for providing the other side of the argument, Anita!
I agree with you Boodi, I've called it Trotterville since the mid 1950s, and that how it's pronounced in my head!
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Likewise, since around the same time, Moonraker. It'll take another 60+ years to convince me of the other pronunciation.
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Thanks Moonraker and Boatbuilder, I am glad to see that I am in good company!!!
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And me too. Love the limericks!!
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)