Tornadoes don't hit cities?

Post by **Gawdzilla Sama** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:40 am

Welcome to Birmingham!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWSGJ-hG ... r_embedded[/youtube]

128 Dead in Alabama as tornadoes rip through the South

Post by **JimC** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:55 am

Shit, scary stuff, and a devastating loss of life...

Post by **Lozzer** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:57 am

Birming-HAM? it's pronounced Birming-um

Post by **Gawdzilla Sama** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:00 am

Devogay wrote:Birming-HAM? it's pronounced Birming-um

Only in the old world.

Post by **MrJonno** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:03 am

In the UK we pronounce Birmingham 'shithole' ( I live there)

Post by **Gawdzilla Sama** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:05 am

MrJonno wrote:In the UK we pronounce Birmingham 'shithole' ( I live there)

That's the version I heard on Top Gear.

Post by **Aos Si** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:09 am

MrJonno wrote:In the UK we pronounce Birmingham 'shithole' ( I live there)

It is a grey morass of very grey greyness. A shit hole well no more or less than any major city. It's the sort of place you could dive through and instantly forget though. Does have a nice range of curries though.

West Ham is pronounced Ham because it's separate word, Edinburgh is pronounced Edinboro, and Magdellan is pronounce maudlin, Queue: Q (the most redundant 6 letter word ever) and Windsor is pronounced redundant over privilliged knuts it's all very simple really English.

Post by **Geoff** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:32 am

Gawdzilla wrote:Welcome to Birmingham!

Pity; I was hoping it was our Birmingham. It would be much improved by the judicious application of a tornado.

Or, alternatively:

Post by **Atheist-Lite** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:40 am

Geoff wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:Welcome to Birmingham!

Pity; I was hoping it was our Birmingham. It would be much improved by the judicious application of a tornado.

Or, alternatively:

That'd clear the Bull Ring....

Post by **laklak** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:35 pm

It's correctly pronounced Bur min HA um. The Alabama one, that is. The UK one is something like Bum mm n umm. Hard to render the local language phonetically as it bears no resemblance to any variant of English I've run across.

Post by **Coito ergo sum** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:39 pm

MrJonno wrote:In the UK we pronounce Birmingham 'shithole' ( I live there)

How is that possible? In country of egalitarian bliss, where everyone is taken care of equally, there is no poverty or need, and fairness, peace and prosperity rules the day, there are shitholes?

Post by **stripes4** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:41 pm

I quite like Birmingham. I lived there for three years. It wasn't SO bad

Post by **Lozzer** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:43 pm

Coito ergo sum wrote:
MrJonno wrote:In the UK we pronounce Birmingham 'shithole' ( I live there)
How is that possible? In country of egalitarian bliss, where everyone is taken care of equally, there is no poverty or need, and fairness, peace and prosperity rules the day, there are shitholes?

Erm, yes?

Many places are shitholes, mainly thanks to selfish doctrines like Thatcher's which resulted in crappy housing, greed, unemployment and social deprivation in many post-industrial areas.

Post by **Aos Si** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:44 pm

laklak wrote:It's correctly pronounced Bur min HA um. The Alabama one, that is. The UK one is something like Bum mm n umm. Hard to render the local language phonetically as it bears no resemblance to any variant of English I've run across.

Reminds me of that famous joke:

Noddy Holder goes into a tailors and says I want the most flared trousers you've got!

Ok says the shop owner

Noddy: And I'll Need a shirt with a collar so wide you can land planes on it

SO: ok

Noddy: Oh and shoes with platforms so high I can reach the sky.

SO: ok

Noddy: Oh and a jacket that's so spangly it blinds people!

SO: ok... Kipper tie?

Noddy: Thanks I'll have two sugars.

Post by **laklak** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:56 pm

Devogay wrote: Many places are shitholes, mainly thanks to selfish doctrines like Thatcher's which resulted in crappy housing, greed, unemployment and social deprivation in many post-industrial areas.

Ah, makes sense now. Fucking Tories at it again. You know, before Maggie, you could leave a lorry full of televisions parked on a street in Toxteth overnight and not a single one would fall off the back. FACT.

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