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Offline chrissie1964

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Why Villains and not Villans
« on: June 12, 2010, 03:49:48 PM »
Why do various groups,like london,lichfield,potteries etc use the villains with an i spelling, instead of villans no i ? While I understand people from "that there london" mainly speak ingerlish faw cants, lichfield and stoke are near enough civilisation, Birmingham (tory MP free since 97,soon to be fucked a tory government again) home of God's own football club, to know better.

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Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2010, 08:33:29 PM »
This definitely in the right forum. I wasted my time reading it.

Offline Mortimer's Bear

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Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2010, 11:43:41 AM »
To think I'll never get that 15 seconds back...

Offline Chico Hamilton III

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Re: Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2010, 01:19:56 PM »
Quote from: "chrissie1964"
Why do various groups,like london,lichfield,potteries etc use the villains with an i spelling, instead of villans no i ? While I understand people from "that there london" mainly speak ingerlish faw cants, lichfield and stoke are near enough civilisation, Birmingham (tory MP free since 97,soon to be fucked a tory government again) home of God's own football club, to know better.


Some London-based Villans manage to spell Villans correctly

While we're generalising, why can't people from Birminum learn to put a space after a comma? and spell place names with a capital letter?

Offline eamonn

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Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2010, 03:31:24 PM »
What the feck is this doing in Timewasters? More interesting than half of the guff on Heroes Discussion.

Offline chrissie1964

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Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2010, 11:06:27 AM »
I didn't spell london with a capital letter, because I knew it would annoy at least one cockney sparrow, who'd have to moan about it, sure enough it did ! Birninum ? Bazza Fry innit , Daisy Sullivan, Kazza Brady ! Punctuation lessons from a suvner ??**%£$"!, strike me down with Randy Lerner's wallet. Madam, you are no gentleman ! but a bounder and a cad and possibly a colon, semi or otherwise. Dominus Vobiscum.

Offline chrissie1964

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Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2010, 11:26:36 AM »
Dat Eamonn sounds like a wise fella though, may the Trinity Road rise with you. P.S. By the way Ian "Chico" Hamilton the 1st, Fecking great player or what !

Offline TaxDodger

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Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2010, 06:52:39 PM »
He's mad. He's madder than Mad Jack McMad. Winner of last year's Mr Madman competition.

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Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2010, 11:02:00 AM »

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Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2010, 11:14:18 AM »
I always think Villans is a shite nickname. Prefer Lions.

Offline TimTheVillain

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Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2010, 12:34:35 PM »
Ironically we're on 'Heroes and Villains' !

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Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2010, 01:15:29 PM »
Is Sutton Coldfield no longer in Birmingham?

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Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2010, 01:27:31 PM »
Quote from: "Deano&Dalian"
To think I'll never get that 15 seconds back...


You're lucky, i've lost 22 seconds.

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Re: Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2010, 03:11:14 PM »
Quote from: "Chico Hamilton III"
Quote from: "chrissie1964"
Why do various groups,like london,lichfield,potteries etc use the villains with an i spelling, instead of villans no i ? While I understand people from "that there london" mainly speak ingerlish faw cants, lichfield and stoke are near enough civilisation, Birmingham (tory MP free since 97,soon to be fucked a tory government again) home of God's own football club, to know better.


Some London-based Villans manage to spell Villans correctly

While we're generalising, why can't people from Birminum learn to put a space after a comma? and spell place names with a capital letter?


Indeed we do!

Offline not3bad

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Why Villains and not Villans
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2010, 04:54:52 PM »
Quote from: "cdvillafan"
I always think Villans is a shite nickname. Prefer Lions.


No way.  Lions is a boring nickname and as common as muck.  Villans has a bit of individuality about it.  It's ten times better.

 


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