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Post by Little Jack Horner on Sept 18, 2019 8:18:15 GMT
Well done, Vv. Taking early retirement was one of my best decisions so I hope your (late?) retirement will be equally good.
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Post by Verbivore on Sept 18, 2019 9:55:58 GMT
Well done, Vv. Taking early retirement was one of my best decisions so I hope your (late?) retirement will be equally good. Thanks, LJH. And yes, it was late: retirement / pension age in Oz is 65; I turned 70 a fortnight ago.
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Post by Twoddle on Sept 18, 2019 18:32:38 GMT
I took to retirement like a duck to water - in fact I wish I'd never had to work for a living - but my neighbour seems to look upon it as some sort of punishment. She said recently that she wished each week could be four days shorter, to which I replied that I wished each week could be three weeks longer.
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Post by Verbivore on Sept 19, 2019 21:35:40 GMT
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Post by Little Jack Horner on Sept 24, 2019 23:18:51 GMT
We’ve talked about this topic before: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-49813249But there are lots that aren’t listed such as, for example, Happisburgh = HAYZ-bruh and Kirkcudbright= Ker-KOO-bri or Puncknowle = Punnel (rhymes with funnel) or Leominster = LEM-stuh or, even Worcester = WUSS-tuh I’m not very good at IPA so my attempts may not quite work.
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Post by Verbivore on Oct 1, 2019 1:12:49 GMT
It's already October in Oz, but I though I'd make my final post to the September thread with this:
So much for leprechaun.
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