Blimey, Auntie Beeb is referencing the Wrath!!

"However, there are some pronunciations that do inspire ridicule and prejudice. If you rhyme cloth, wrath and off with north and wharf then you are in a small and declining tribe."

Posted By: Old Git on October 28th 2010 at 13:41:36

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"H" is it: "aitch" or "haitch"? (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 28, 13:29:16
- aitch, obviously. See Oxford English Dictionary (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 28, 13:43:09
  - lol (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 28, 18:20:39
- haytch (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 28, 13:34:26
- Aitch. Inside linebacker or outside linebacker ? Mike, Will or Sam ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 28, 13:32:20
  - gary linebacker (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 28, 13:34:29
- aitch (General Chat) - shoddy, Oct 28, 13:30:14
  - unless my french what ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 28, 13:32:45
  - my french what? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 28, 13:32:14
  - pedants, beware.... (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 28, 13:32:04
    - Blimey, Auntie Beeb is referencing the Wrath!! (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 28, 13:41:36
      - Do you say 'wrAth' or 'wrOth'? (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Oct 28, 14:21:09
        
        'Tis (General Chat) - Basil Wrathbone, Oct 28, 14:50:05
        
        Simply putting the letters in capitals is no assistance to how you pronounce them (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 28, 14:54:10
        
        'wrAthy' as in 'cAthy'? (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Oct 28, 15:02:52
        
        WrAth as in BAth, WrOth as in dOff your cap... (n/m) (General Chat) - Basil Wrathbone, Oct 28, 14:55:24
        
        Wrarth? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 28, 15:06:53
        
        That;s not a known word and therefore can be pronounced in a variety of ways (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 28, 15:15:05
        
        agreed (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 28, 15:19:02
        
        Fail (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 28, 14:58:08
        
        On the contrary, a complete success (General Chat) - Basil Wrathbone, Oct 28, 17:01:42
        
        oh ffs (General Chat) - Basil Wrathbone, Oct 28, 17:04:45
        
        northern or southern bath? (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 28, 14:57:38
        
        I am a member of a small and declining tribe according to the Beeb (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 28, 14:46:40
        
        Do you say "Hurrah we've scored a goal" or urrrrr we've scored a g.. city city city....... (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Oct 28, 14:38:19
        
        "Have a little scrummage!" they sung near me in the River End against Middlesboroughoughou (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 28, 15:07:55
        
        and who are these mongs who insist on not singing "a ghoul" (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 28, 15:12:27

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