"JPG" wrote in message
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:42:11 GMT, "Martin Rowley"
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"Sunimage" wrote in message
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"AND Linconlshire".......have you noticed that the BBC weather
forcasters are obsessed with Linconlshire, it's mentioned on nearly
every weather bulletin.

... it's a historical thing back into the mists of Met Office (and BBC)
time: I believe the appropriate people at Exeter are looking at the
problem.


It's because Lincolnshire does not easily fit into a "region". Not really
Midlands, not the North, not East Anglia. I'm sure Jasper Carrot must
have made
a joke about it at some time, like "what is the purpose of Lincolnshire,
the
only county that has a town with a very rude word in it".

Martin

And the tourist department of that particular town were rather peeved that
many search engines blocked peoples enquiries because of that word ;-)
This a few years ago and I gather it's fixed now.

Pete, Coventry (who has still a lot to learn about meteorology, but not
rude words! )