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Quote: "Jography"............................it's pronounced 'gee-ografee'. 
After all you don't say 'jographical' or 'jographic' so 'why jography'?
That quizmaster, Dermot Murnaghan on Eggheads is a major offender.
it's all about dialects..where I was brung up it was `jografee'...we even called Shrewsbury, Shrowsbury 
Heathens I know..still it's better than watching a `filum'
Quote: you don't say 'jographical' or 'jographic' so 'why jography'?
mmm actually, we used to call it joggers
Quote: we even called Shrewsbury, Shrowsbury
I was taught to pronounce it as Shrovesbury.
I believe the original anglo saxon was Scrobbesburgh, so I guess nowadays you can pretty much do what you like with it.
(Some people get really anoyed if you say " I guess" or "pretty much" as they sound like Americanisms, but I guess I pretty much do it anyways)
Quote: "I had to peddle really hard to make it to the top". Wow! You can ride a bike up a hill while hard selling lots of things to passers by!
No, you've got it all wrong. He's obviously a door-to-door bicycle salesman who got to the top of his profession by sheer hard work. It makes perfect sense...
Not so, he was an icecream salesman peddling his wares and pedalling his trike.
The evidence?
Here:
Why do Americans have to 'visit with' someone instead of just visiting them? Or 'meeting with' instead of merely meeting someone?
...'having friends for dinner' is another interesting one...
Why do event organisers use the word "attendee" when they really mean "attender" or the more elegant "delegate"?
Quote: Why do event organisers use the word "attendee" when they really mean "attender" or the more elegant "delegate"?
The noun ATTENDER has 3 senses:
1. someone who listens attentively
2. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
3. a person who is present and participates in a meeting
And therefore could be ambiguos
The noun ATTENDEE HAS 1 sense as a noun
A person who is present and participates in a meeting.
Simples!
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