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Post by willien on Feb 21, 2024 19:41:44 GMT
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Post by andy on Feb 21, 2024 19:43:21 GMT
As I suspected. I'm originally from Dunbar.... ....which maybe the the guy in the video would pronounce Dee-unbar. |
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Post by willien on Feb 21, 2024 19:45:57 GMT
As I suspected. I'm originally from Dunbar.... ....which maybe the the guy in the video would pronounce Dee-unbar. A friend who lives there refers to it as Sunny Dunny. |
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Post by andy on Feb 21, 2024 19:50:34 GMT
As I suspected. I'm originally from Dunbar.... ....which maybe the the guy in the video would pronounce Dee-unbar. A friend who lives there refers to it as Sunny Dunny. Affectionately know as  . Summat to do with Belhaven Bay being the sunniest place in Scotland, allegedly. |
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Post by John Farrell on Feb 21, 2024 20:00:08 GMT
Dunedin was founded by the Lay Association of the Free Church of Scotland, in 1848. The original intention was to set up a godly Scottish settlement, regulated by the kirk; the founders were unable to recruit enough Scots, and a good proportion of the early settlers were English, including most of the better off. In the early 1860s, gold was discovered in the Otago hinterland, and this led to a rush of miners, mainly from Australia. The miners included many Irish Catholics, which pleased the Presbyterians not at all!
The inflow of money and businesses with the gold rush led to Dunedin becoming the richest and fastest growing town in New Zealand, for a period in the late 19th century. By 1914, though, most of the growth was in the North Island, and the opening of the Panama Canal that year dented Dunedin's prospects...before then, ships passing Cape Horn made Dunedin their first port of call in New Zealand. The Canal shifted this traffic to the north.
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Post by zou on Feb 22, 2024 14:33:30 GMT
A friend who lives there refers to it as Sunny Dunny. Affectionately know as . Summat to do with Belhaven Bay being the sunniest place in Scotland, allegedly. Which probably makes Aussies giggle. |
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Post by andy on Feb 22, 2024 15:29:25 GMT
Affectionately know as . Summat to do with Belhaven Bay being the sunniest place in Scotland, allegedly. Which probably makes Aussies giggle. It's just like death valley.... ...except for all the water and green stuff. |
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Post by andy on Mar 5, 2024 9:33:28 GMT
It's a trick...  |
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Post by spinno on Mar 5, 2024 10:56:00 GMT
Thought it was a Lab test...
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Post by don on Sept 24, 2024 20:28:50 GMT
I live in Marrgate and Londoners tend to call it Margit and Ramsgate comes out as Ramsgit
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Post by zou on Sept 24, 2024 20:39:45 GMT
I live in Marrgate and Londoners tend to call it Margit and Ramsgate comes out as Ramsgit If it's from the Scandi influence we should call it Margarte and Ramsgarte. |
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Post by daves on Sept 24, 2024 21:15:10 GMT
I thought zi had posted in here, but apparently not.
The next door village is spelt Puncknowle. Want to guess how it's pronounced? Apply the rule of dropping sundry letters / vowels.
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Post by spinno on Sept 24, 2024 21:19:31 GMT
I thought zi had posted in here, but apparently not. The next door village is spelt Puncknowle. Want to guess how it's pronounced? Apply the rule of dropping sundry letters / vowels. f'nose |
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Post by daves on Sept 24, 2024 21:21:32 GMT
Nope, not quite that extreme 🤣
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Post by gray1720 on Sept 24, 2024 21:47:43 GMT
Puc'nl?
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