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minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoSee also English place names. “Scrumbwickshireford has been continuously inhabited since the reign of Æthelred the Unready, and people could not be arsed at a rate of one letter per generation. Hence its modern pronunciation: Sheffield.”
See also English place names.
“Scrumbwickshireford has been continuously inhabited since the reign of Æthelred the Unready, and people could not be arsed at a rate of one letter per generation. Hence its modern pronunciation: Sheffield.”