Saturday, 30 October 2010

Blackbird Leys bus

Passenger: "Single to Magdalen [Mag-da-len] Road, please."
Driver: "You mean Maud-lin Road?"
Passenger: (haughtily) "No, no, I think you'll find it's pronounced Mag-da-len. Just because the college is pronounced Maud-lin doesn't mean the road is."

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