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HometownI come from a place called Walsall in the Black Country, West Midlands.
Pronunciation varies. BBC newsreaders (when they get a chance to say it) say "wal-sorl" or "wal-sal". In a thick Black Country accent it can be pronounced "wair-sil". Most people I know usually say "wor-sul" or "wor-sorl". I tend towards the former, "wor-sul".
So why is it, whenever I introduce myself to people and tell them where I'm from, they say "Really? You're Polish?"
Even Polish people. Christ.
These days I usually say "I'm from near Birmingham."
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emvee Dear Claire, sincerely bored of London by the way, Mon 5 May 2008, 11:27,
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I've learnt summat there!Cheers.
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WiL Created for the BBC and chosen by Dave, Mon 5 May 2008, 11:55,
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It could be worse,I live in such a tiny, obscure village that when people ask where I live, I have to say 'do you know where ....... is?' and radiate outwards until I hit somewhere they've heard of.
The fact that the Liam Neeson/Billy Connolly film 'The Big Man' was filmed here is no help, no-one's seen it!
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baw__bag has lost his rage and rediscovered his rager, Mon 5 May 2008, 13:13,
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