QuipMC wrote:
Around here we call them Nor'ich - like "Gren'ich" for Greenwich, as we try to explain it to "civilians" - unless the person who asked "do you know what kind of dog that is" starts to stumble all over the place trying to make sense of the word, in which case it's Plan B: over enunciate.
I did have someone ask me one time - as I was coming out of a dog show with Ripley's grandmother, who had just won Best of Winners - if she was a poodle.
How's your little one doing?
she's doing really good, thanks for asking
daddy just spent 30 minutes on the floor going who's your daddy with her favorite toy.
I have to remember the whole silent "w" thing - I'm not good at that (have spent too much time here in the colonies).