Hello mark!

20 Dec 16 10:01, you wrote to me:

 KE>> He was talking about the fast growing industrial cities in England.

 KE>> He said that there were plans to join Southhampton and Northhampton
 KE>> into one big hampton.

 ml> hahahaha... i see it but it is also one of spelling... the cities are
 ml> southampton and northampton... "one big ampton" being the joke... there's
 ml> only one 'h' in each of those place names and it is included with the
 ml> south and north portion of the names when they are pronounced... however a
 ml> lot of people try to say the names as two separate words "south hampton"
 ml> in which they add another 'h' that doesn't exist...

 Sorry the for the spelling mistakes in the names of the cities.
 You make me a bit unsure if the joke should end in "Big Ampton" or
 "Big Hampton". It is probably only Vince Coen who can help me out.

Kees

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