 Poster: A snowHead
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| richmond, Bonus points for acknowledging that Yorkshire exists. |
Thanks. I used to live about half a mile from the northern edge of it.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Towcester & Bicester.
Few can spell them, even less can pronounce them properly. But who really cares?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Bicester=Pie Town.
No?
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You've heard of the Bicester bum then I take it?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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In all this, don't forget that the French don't even know how to pronounce the name of their own capital city (they apparently call it Parree, of all things).
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uktrailmonster, Towcester is easy to pronounce - its said "grill pan"
We have a Magdalen Meadows near here - very few can pronounce Magdalen
I remember my friend telling me of an Australian visiting him who called to say he was near Lo Hur Bo Ro Hu (Loughborough)
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| Boris wrote: |
| I remember my friend telling me of an Australian visiting him who called to say he was near Lo Hur Bo Ro Hu (Loughborough) |
Wot, not Loogaburooga?
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| eng_ch wrote: |
| Boris wrote: |
| I remember my friend telling me of an Australian visiting him who called to say he was near Lo Hur Bo Ro Hu (Loughborough) |
Wot, not Loogaburooga? |
Don't be stupid! That's off the Pacific Highway, not the A6. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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DAVID SNELL, I love it, straight from the beginning of the thread to the end, without wasting time in the middle! Respect!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| boredsurfin wrote: |
Nick L, I like the tour ops versions
Val despair
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Speaking of which...my irrational pet irritant is peple referring to Val d'Isere as just 'Val' as if there could only possibly ever be one.
Val what?
Valmorel?
Valloire?
Val Thorens?
Valmeinier?
Val Cenis?
etc
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Some of my favourite pronunciations from fellow skiers include Le Zarc and Lay Manure...
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You know it makes sense.
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How about Haughty Lucy?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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She could be a glamorous sidekick for Les Prazz, who I imagine as a seventies style dart show host, with his mate Les Howchers.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Or perhaps she's one of those girls that the signs saying "Attention - Piste Debutantes " warn us about.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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firebug,
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| pam w wrote: |
| How about Haughty Lucy? |
You have completely stumped me there. Wossthat supposed to be?!
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Hurtle, Hauteluce.
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pam w, ah, that would explain it - I've never heard of Hauteluce! 
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Hurtle. You can be forgiven for not having heard of Hauteluce, pictured. It's a pretty, traditional, village, in the valley of the same name - a "no through road" to the Col de Joly, in the Les Contamines ski area. Hauteluce itself is the lowest point, at 1150m, in the Les Saisies domain.
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Hmm. That page does not exist on the French version of the site, only the English and Spanish. Surely nuff said?
Simple rule for anglophones: calling it Courcheval makes you[*] look dumb.
[*] Not "you", David Murdoch, the colloquial "you". I don't want to say "one" in case the chevaliers aren't familiar with its usage.
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| eng_ch wrote: |
| Boris wrote: |
| I remember my friend telling me of an Australian visiting him who called to say he was near Lo Hur Bo Ro Hu (Loughborough) |
Wot, not Loogaburooga? |
Bumped this thread really to avoid starting a new CourchevAl one.
But as I'm here..
I thought it was pronounced "Lowbrow", as in "Lowbrow University"
[takes cover]
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Most people don't know where they are in order to mispronounce it. I sometimes meet new people and have conversations that go like this:
"So, where did you go skiing last season?"
"Ooooh, ermm, it was that Teribel, no, no, Val I'dunno", turns to partner "where woz it babes?"
"Ooooh, errr, Italy wasnit, that's right Posh Becks place, Courblimey" etc etc until we all kill each other.
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Who gives a f##k what most of SW London call this resort? Most of them couldn't point it out on a globe if their life depended on it. It is, however, a fantastic ski resort. Spoilt by the annual influx of morons! Marybell? Corshayval? Val Something? I've been once - never again.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Apart from the end of season bash, obviously.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Hurtle, But you are not most of SW London, are you?
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Courchevel may have added Courcheval as a possible Google link to them because so many people typed it.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Coeur-cher-VAAHLLLLL darlings, VAAAAHHHHL, to have a little swish about on my darling little laAAhcrwAAAH skis. Of course it IS such a shame about Christian but, gosh, you're all SO endearingly common.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hurtle, considering that was the point of my post ... (now edited)
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I once asked in Scotland if they had a particular single malt and was told... "yes, if you can pronounce it right".
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Is it Duck tape or duct tape 
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| snowball wrote: |
| I once asked in Scotland if they had a particular single malt and was told... "yes, if you can pronounce it right". |
you should've asked the gobshite to give you a large one with diet coke and ice, see how they like them apples!
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alex_heney, You must be quackers to pay those prices
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FAQ
Perhaps costs more if it becomes Courchevel ???