[kj] FW: Forum discs a tenner (free p+p) link

[fluw]

I know punk rockers and burning man contestants who would have the same
difficulty

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of GREG SLAWSON
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 8:09 AM
To: gathering
Subject: Re: [kj] FW: Forum discs a tenner (free p+p) link

 

And on the sports tv news yesterday, they interviewed a baseball player who
just moved to Boston from California--they showed him the words "Worcester"
and "Gloucester", and asked him to read them, and he couln't pronounce
either correctly!
 

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From: gregslawson at msn.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:05:57 -0500
Subject: Re: [kj] FW: Forum discs a tenner (free p+p) link

Yes, England is an old and classy place! I live in Massachusetts, and you'd
be surprised how many cities/towns are named after UK ones (we have an
Easthampton, Westhampton, Southampton--all small--and Northampton--hip
college town).
 

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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:14 +0100
From: 65snoopy at gmail.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] FW: Forum discs a tenner (free p+p) link


>From Wiki:

The name Shepherds Bush is thought to have originated from the use of the
common land <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_land>  here as a resting
point for shepherds <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd>  on their way to
Smithfield <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield_Market>  Market in the
City of London <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London> .[1]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd's_Bush#cite_note-0>  An alternative
theory is that it could have been named after someone in the area, because
in 1635 the area was recorded as "Sheppards Bush Green".

London is a wee bit older than US cities ;-), hence many of the curious
names for areas/regions. As for venue names, most are old
music halls or theatres built between the late 1800s and 1930s (Brixton
Academy was built in 1929 and used to be called the
Astoria, Kentish Town Forum was built in 1934. Shepherds Bush Empire was
built in 1903 and Charlie Chaplin once performed there.) Why 'Forum',
'Astoria' and 'Empire' etc were so popular I don't know,  a trend of the
times I guess, possibly because they wanted 
something that sounded grand and classy?

As you were.

N

On 23 February 2010 19:48, GREG SLAWSON <gregslawson at msn.com> wrote:

One thing I never understood about the UK--why do all the clubs/concert
halls or whatever have such strange names? Forums, Academies, and what the
hell is Shephard's Bush? Why not sheep-herder's vagina? 
 

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From: jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:29:08 +0000
Subject: [kj] FW: Forum discs a tenner (free p+p) link 





worth grabbing for this price.
 
 
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