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Old 08-01-2008, 23:28   #14
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Re: lancashire or lancasher

I don't think the poll is acurate.

The options are
Lancashire, with the end supposedly pronounced shire,
or
Lancashere, which makes it look as if it's pronounced sheer, as in stockings, or Shere Khan from the Jungle Book.
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