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morecombe or morcambe ????

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:56 pm
by Blackpool Shrimp
According to lancs evening post tonight - in a survey of over 5000 people 70 percent of people spelt our town wrong making it most mis spelt seaside resort in uk..... some of the people surveyed actually spelt brighton as britan and torquay as torkey so no real surprise

Re: morecombe or morcambe ????

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:34 pm
by Peperami no. 1
Fgh shrimp wrote:According to lancs evening post tonight - in a survey of over 5000 people 70 percent of people spelt our town wrong making it most mis spelt seaside resort in uk..... some of the people surveyed actually spelt brighton as britan and torquay as torkey so no real surprise


Very sad but I always have to correct people who get this wrong. People visiting at work are always making the mistake. Solicitors are the worst offenders but take more enjoyment in correcting them than most.

Re: morecombe or morcambe ????

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:40 pm
by heysham_mfc
you would think people would get a name like Morecambe right because of Morcambe and Wise

Re: morecombe or morcambe ????

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:49 pm
by Keith
I would expect Bournmouth gets speld wrong alot to.

Re: morecombe or morcambe ????

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:59 pm
by seasonsinthesun
I once saw it spelt Marcumbe - sounding like it was in Devon :)

Re: morecombe or morcambe ????

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:00 pm
by Blackpool Shrimp
there are people on this message board who can't even spell our players names that's probably worse

Re: morecombe or morcambe ????

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:02 pm
by seasonsinthesun
Could you be referring to the spelling of our goalkeeper's surname??

Re: morecombe or morcambe ????

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:25 pm
by parkyboy
I have a coffee mug which i had bought for christmas with the word MORECOMBE ON IT , How do i put a picture of it on this subject

Re: morecombe or morcambe ????

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:44 pm
by wijit
Keith wrote:I would expect Bournmouth gets speld wrong alot to.

You're no better. Everybody knows it's "rong"!
Jesus wept.......

Re: morecombe or morcambe ????

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:46 pm
by heysham_mfc
so then who is going to Macclsfiled :?: :lol:

Re: morecombe or morcambe ????

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:55 pm
by George Dawes
Fgh shrimp wrote:there are people on this message board who can't even spell our players names that's probably worse



Fgh shrimp wrote: Roche


:? ;) :D :lol: 8-)

Re: morecombe or morcambe ????

PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:36 pm
by Keith
wijit wrote:
Keith wrote:I would expect Bournmouth gets speld wrong alot to.

You're no better. Everybody knows it's "rong"!
Jesus wept.......


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