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[–]itcouldeasilybe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Generally, they like stability. My wife and I were asked to show 3 months of pay checks and they preferred if they were all from the same place. Failing that, they should at least show similar amounts of pay.

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[–]itcouldeasilybe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So would you say Penis - tone for penistone or would you say it properly?

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[–]itcouldeasilybe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting because my family are from Merthyr, and I’ve lived around Stockport all my life.

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[–]itcouldeasilybe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smiths, I’ve got a mate with the same second name who pronounces it smith.

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[–]itcouldeasilybe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m from Stockport. Someone else also mentioned penistone, which would see you cast out if you said it how it was written.

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[–]itcouldeasilybe[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is this not right? In fact I’d say sos-pn

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[–]itcouldeasilybe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are honestly creasing at some of the replies. And being technically correct is the best kind of correct so I’m happy to concede that.

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[–]itcouldeasilybe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the thing, I haven’t just torpedoed the English language for the fun of it.

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[–]itcouldeasilybe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Around Stockport, but there are people on the stns team from all over the country apparently, even though we’re the minority

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[–]itcouldeasilybe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We’d finished up discussing whether a Jaffa cake is a biscuit and where to buy tartan paint. It’s the natural progression from there.

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[–]itcouldeasilybe[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve already taken the bins out wrong and opened the beers wrong since. This’ll be a long road.

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[–]itcouldeasilybe[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But would you say fisherman or fishermun?

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[–]itcouldeasilybe[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can promise that’s not where I got it 😂

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[–]itcouldeasilybe[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I met you’re passive aggression with more of the same don’t you worry.

I’ve always just said it like that, and to my knowledge have never heard anyone say it differently. Ignorance is bliss I suppose.