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Funny how he is mentioned as a "businessman" and joint Chairman of the 'Ammers, but not that he made his millions from being a porn baron! I notice how Karren Brady is vice chairman :devilish:

There used to be a chain of newsagents called John Menzies, and when i was on holiday north of the border, i was confounded by the locals calling it "Ming-iss", which i took to mean that was the correct (or at least traditional) pronunciation. Who's to say who is right or wrong with language and...

Yes, because he doesn't pronounce it the traditional way. But who's to say whether that is wrong or not? Only him, i'd suggest!

Yeah - semi-silent i s'pose - MING-ISS, right? The other one that boils my piss is the recent rise of the pronunciation of Anthony (as in An-toe-nee) as An-tho-nee, and highly-paid broadcasters saying it wrong!

I suppose it is the way language and names evolve, but people bastardising the pronunciation of their own name is a real pet hate of mine. McFadzean should be pronounced McFadyan as you say. The "TH" in many names should traditionally be a T not TH (as in thong) - so it should be David CoulTARD...

Did you not hear that plank Danny Murphy trying to pronounce Deschamps during the recent World Cup? Laughable!

Is it "sick"? Compared to some of the filth the Star peddles, i would say not! But clearly they are members here! I'm not sure Rolf Harris hasn't been mentioned on our version in previous years.

CoventryLive understands jack shit!

Full-speed helmet to the chest would be enough to stop the heart. Wonder if his armour wasn't on correctly??

I wouldn't argue with one of them - 13 tonnes of pure torque!

A: There is no way of predicting whether mutations would lead to milder or more severe infection - it's random mutation followed by selective pressure. In many cases a virus WILL mutate to produce a milder infection, because that is the best way of it passing from one host to the next - Omicron...

Haha - yes of course. And i was! Thanks for the memories

I understand from people in the know (via my work) that irrespective of the proportion on the watchlist, the number of foiled "immediate threat" plots in the past few years has been about 50:50 right wing to Islamic fundamentalists. "other" will definitely include animal rights and random...

Still 2022 list, surely?

I sense quite a few of these are wishful thinking!!

I thought the Beeb had a specialist pronunciation unit (or did that get cut to pay for the diversity badwagon). If it still exists maybe they should spend some time teaching commentators and pundits how to pronounce Kevin de Bruyne's name by listening to one of their own favoured Belgian...

It's not fancy or jargon - it's incorrect!!

Talking of adverts - that one for "On the beach" with the soundtrack "The most wonderful time of the year" (which they take to mean summer holiday time!). They play it all year round and i'm struggling to settle on whether i find it more irritating in the summer or around Christmas. It also has...

I'm still none the wiser, sadly!

I'm guessing from the typeface that is from the Daily Mail? But FFS who thinks like that about anyone (maybe unless it is an ex-partner or someone who has murdered your entire family)?