#54

You mean Balenā€™thā€™ia.

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#55

I heard Melvyn Bragg (no less) on R4 talking about Don Kwik-Sote (Don Quixote)

I donā€™t know what to think any more.

#56

Paxman said the same during Uni Challenge

#57

ha ha! what a pair of thickies!

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#58

Iā€™m sure I heard him say Don Jew-an once as well.

I get distressed when i hear people who should know better say deus ex ma-shee-na but is that me thatā€™s wrong?

#59

Couple of my uni English lit lecturers used Don Jew-an :confused:

#60

Oh man, not you too!

#61

how do you say it then?

I have no idea - but I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever attempted to use it in conversation

#62

Day-us ex mack-in-ah

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#63

ta - definitely going to bust that one out this weekend and impress everyone

#64

Be careful, I could be very wrong.

#65

nope, youā€™re right. people who say it wrong are willies.

#66

You donā€™t get how ā€œnuts of pineā€ is saying the same thing but doesnā€™t sound like peanuts? Is this about your issues with ā€˜pocket of my coatā€™?

Or youā€™re unaware of the Two Ronnies Four Candles sketch?

#67

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#68

Itā€™s how itā€™s pronounced in English apparently. I had to study it in my first year of uni (I didnā€™t read it obviously) and all the lecturers called him Don Quick-sut too

#69

Love reading a bit of Knee-et-ski

#71

Iā€™m aware of it but never watched it all the way thru it gets boring very quickly. Other than that I donā€™t think youā€™ve understood the issue here

#72

I get the guy never heard of the pine nuts, I was just wondering if you kept repeating ā€œpine nutsā€ over and over even though he was mishearing as peanuts or whether you reversed the word order with a little lateral thinking?

If youā€™d seen the four candles sketch youā€™d remember he says, eventually, ā€œhandles for forksā€. Itā€™s as simple and throwaway as that.

#73

he probably preferred to be misunderstood rather than sectioned tbh

#74

As if heā€™ll avoid that anyway. Youā€™ve read his postsā€¦