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Derby Tup Jul 2022 4:26pm, 9 Jul 2022 56,104 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup [ Big group of Eid celebrators at Cliffe Castle today ☪️ ]
Sweetie Jul 2022 4:35pm, 9 Jul 2022 13,917 posts	Quote Pin Sweetie The Basque terrorist organisation ETA originally had an acronym of ATA but it was changed because, in the Gipuzcoan Basque dialect, ata means duck.
swittle Jul 2022 4:35pm, 9 Jul 2022 88,393 posts	Quote Pin swittle { Sound as, DT ]
Heinzster Jul 2022 9:46pm, 9 Jul 2022 2,212 posts	Quote Pin Heinzster [I hope this is not disrespectful, it is certainly not meant to be. If the moon is not sighted due to, say, cloud, does that delay Eid?]
Serendippily Jul 2022 10:16pm, 9 Jul 2022 26,090 posts	Quote Pin Serendippily Atrociraptors were an actual thing
swittle Jul 2022 10:24pm, 9 Jul 2022 88,407 posts	Quote Pin swittle [ Heinzster I'm in no way a scholar of Islam but a little searching brought up this reference, in which the month is counted as thirty days if the moon is obscured by cloud. abukhadeejah.com More on the holy month of Dhul-Hijjah, 2022 and Eid al-Adha: inews.co.uk ]
ChrisHB Jul 2022 10:31pm, 9 Jul 2022 21,789 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB The village Down Ampney (birthplace of Ralph Vaughan-Williams) is pronounced Down Amney.
Heinzster Jul 2022 10:55pm, 9 Jul 2022 2,213 posts	Quote Pin Heinzster Thanksswittle
GregP Jul 2022 6:38am, 10 Jul 2022 136,939 posts	Quote Pin GregP I didn’t know it was a village ChrisHB - to me (and I suspect a lot of ‘my type’), Down Ampney is a tune.
LazyDaisy Jul 2022 8:13am, 10 Jul 2022 36,291 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy Did the locals tell you that Chris? In Cheltenham, not a million miles away, there would be a definite 'p' sounded in that name. I recall my MiL saying that Cirencester should be pronounced 'Cissiter'. I checked this with colleagues who were from generations of Gloucestershire dwellers who to a man said 'rubbish'. If anything you'll hear it referred to as 'Ciren'.