"John Hall" wrote in message
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TudorHgh writes:
A good point indeed, but Penny Tranter is gormless. Who else
can
confuse Teignmouth with Tynemouth pronunciation-wise?

Well, me for one. I'd always assumed that they were pronounced the
same.

Hi, John,

They are , if you're a Geordie. Tainmooth.

ATB,

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In article ,
Ken Cook writes:
"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article ,
TudorHgh writes:
A good point indeed, but Penny Tranter is gormless. Who else
can
confuse Teignmouth with Tynemouth pronunciation-wise?

Well, me for one. I'd always assumed that they were pronounced the
same.

Hi, John,

They are , if you're a Geordie. Tainmooth.

I'd assumed that Teignmouth was pronounced like Tynemouth rather than
the other way round, if you see what I mean. (As in the "tine" of a
fork.)
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pays off now." Anon

"Tin" and "Tine"

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"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article ,
TudorHgh writes:
A good point indeed, but Penny Tranter is gormless. Who else can
confuse Teignmouth with Tynemouth pronunciation-wise?

Well, me for one. I'd always assumed that they were pronounced the same.
--
John Hall "Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always
pays off now." Anon

Ken, I once went into a bank in London to draw some cash and they thought
Co. Durham was in Ireland. I've also tried to order stuff by phone, only to
be told that 'sorry, we only deliver to the UK mainland' !

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"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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"Alex Stephens Jnr" wrote in
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Co. Durham, I imagine, suffers from the same geographical broadbrush
on
these bulletins?

Alex,

County Durham doesn't exist as far as MO forecasts go. Many years ago,
Jack Scott - who came from Ferryhill, I think - used to give us a
mention in the national forecast.

When I first started sending reports to Bracknell from Low Etherley
(County Durham), the MO put it in Northumberland in the Monthly Weather
Report. Very reassuring for the forecasts!


The only counties I hear mentioned with any regularity on BBC (TV)
weather
broadcasts are Kent and the Highlands.

and Yorkshire, surely!

ATB,

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We can get a touch snobby on here at times. I think it's a reasonable
description if you assume you know which bit is Southern England to start
off with. I think the point was that towards the coast (i.e Southern South
England!) it would probably rain and the top half (north) it might more
likely snow.

Dave

Just heard Penny Tranter referring to The Chilterns as 'The Northern
part of Southern England' on the BBC24 forecast. This is just
rubbish!
Is this the best she can do? How can anyone take a forecast seriously
when presenters are unable to describe a forecast area better than
this?


Penny probably got a mental block, and it just came out 'The Northern
part of Southern England'

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"Joe" wrote:


"Dave O'Hara" wrote in message
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Just heard Penny Tranter referring to The Chilterns as 'The Northern part
of
Southern England' on the BBC24 forecast. This is just rubbish! Is this the
best she can do? How can anyone take a forecast seriously when presenters
are unable to describe a forecast area better than this?

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It is difficult though, I live in Bedfordshire, we seem to be in 4 different
regions or none at all. To some we are S Midlands, E Anglia (even W Anglia),
SE England and now N S England



What about the East Midlands? I have heard Milton Keynes described as East
Midlands. But then, you used to live in the proper East Midlands didn't you
Joe?

Martin, in the southern part of the eastern part of the Midlands of England
(ie not the Scottish Midlands).


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In message
"Dave O'Hara" wrote:

You have my utmost sympathy :-)

Sometimes we are referred to as SE Scotland, the real NE of England as we
all know is the area North of The Wash and South of the Tees ;-(


Better not tell my wife, whose family came from Jarrow!

Nah. South of the Humber is the East Midlands/East Anglia. Not even sure
that E Yorkshire really thinks of itself as NE England. I'd say it was the
bit between the Tees and the Tweed.

Maybe NE England doesn't exist at all, since my wife simply refers to it a
"oop north".

Martin

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In message
"Alex Stephens Jnr" wrote:


"Dave O'Hara" wrote in message
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Just heard Penny Tranter referring to The Chilterns as 'The Northern part
of
Southern England' on the BBC24 forecast. This is just rubbish!
Dave in Ferryhill, Co. Durham, UK. For webcam, look to

Sounds like a reasonable description to me, especially as she added the
Chilterns.
Here in the middle of the central belt of Scotland we often get termed, "the
north", "the south west of Scotland", "central Scotland", "southern
Scotland" and every once in a while they get accurate with "the M8 corridor"
or "the forth/Clyde valley". Daren't mention Lanarkshire as it might be
confused with Lancashire.
If Penny had said the Chilterns were the southern part of Northern
England -- I think grumbles would be more justified.
Co. Durham, I imagine, suffers from the same geographical broadbrush on
these bulletins?
The only counties I hear mentioned with any regularity on BBC (TV) weather
broadcasts are Kent and the Highlands.
Alex.



I'm sure I've heard them talk about "Devon and Cornwall".

Martin


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"Richard" wrote in message
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Just heard Penny Tranter referring to The Chilterns as 'The
Northern
part of Southern England' on the BBC24 forecast. This is just
rubbish!
Is this the best she can do? How can anyone take a forecast
seriously
when presenters are unable to describe a forecast area better
than
this?


Penny probably got a mental block, and it just came out 'The
Northern
part of Southern England'

An easy mistake to make.

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