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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 21:15:00 GMT
Isn't there an "r" in Darlek? Otherwise it just sounds like a dish from the subcontinent? Pronouncing Dalek as if there were an 'r' in it – as my aunt does – can be an amusing affectation. Spelling it with one, on the other hand, is just plain ignorant and moronic. Incidentally 'dàlek' is a Serbo-Croat word meaning 'far' or 'distant', but Terry Nation has always claimed that he had no idea of this when he came up with the name for the race. It's not as if he could've just Googled it back in the 1960s! Down my way we not only pronounce an "r" but spell it as well.... arrrrrrr! 
Never heard the snippet about the Serb-Croat dalek, repeats must go down really well in Zagreb and Belgrade 
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Post by andrea on Dec 23, 2017 9:34:58 GMT
Carolyn Thomas and Hannah Jones are the other two names on Labour shortlist.
Thomas is the cabinet member for Cabinet Member for Streetscene and Countryside on Flintshire Council. Jones is a town councillor in Saltney Stonebridge
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Post by maxque on Dec 23, 2017 10:10:03 GMT
Carolyn Thomas and Hannah Jones are the other two names on Labour shortlist. Thomas is the cabinet member for Cabinet Member for Streetscene and Countryside on Flintshire Council. Jones is a town councillor in Saltney Stonebridge The former was the leader of an Independent group on Council until 2015. |
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Post by neilm on Dec 23, 2017 15:32:25 GMT
When did she join Labour? She'll be only just inside the two year limit I think they have surely?
The rule that Tony Blair broke a few times admittedly.
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Post by andrea on Dec 23, 2017 18:13:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2017 18:32:34 GMT
Isn't there an "r" in Darlek? Otherwise it just sounds like a dish from the subcontinent? Pronouncing Dalek as if there were an 'r' in it – as my aunt does – can be an amusing affectation. Spelling it with one, on the other hand, is just plain ignorant and moronic. Incidentally 'dàlek' is a Serbo-Croat word meaning 'far' or 'distant', but Terry Nation has always claimed that he had no idea of this when he came up with the name for the race. It's not as if he could've just Googled it back in the 1960s! I thought everyone pronounces Dalek as “dar-lek”? I’m a northerner and still add an r there. |
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Post by Foggy on Dec 23, 2017 18:45:30 GMT
Pronouncing Dalek as if there were an 'r' in it – as my aunt does – can be an amusing affectation. Spelling it with one, on the other hand, is just plain ignorant and moronic. Incidentally 'dàlek' is a Serbo-Croat word meaning 'far' or 'distant', but Terry Nation has always claimed that he had no idea of this when he came up with the name for the race. It's not as if he could've just Googled it back in the 1960s! I thought everyone pronounces Dalek as “dar-lek”? I’m a northerner and still add an r there. Not everyone says it that way, but my aunt is from Bristol so it's certainly not just a northern thing either. On topic: I wonder what a Welsh council's 'Cabinet Member for Streetscene and Countryside' is supposed to have responsibility for? |
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Post by Penddu on Dec 24, 2017 8:05:45 GMT
Trendy name for Town Planning.
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Post by neilm on Dec 25, 2017 13:08:02 GMT
Pronouncing Dalek as if there were an 'r' in it – as my aunt does – can be an amusing affectation. Spelling it with one, on the other hand, is just plain ignorant and moronic. Incidentally 'dàlek' is a Serbo-Croat word meaning 'far' or 'distant', but Terry Nation has always claimed that he had no idea of this when he came up with the name for the race. It's not as if he could've just Googled it back in the 1960s! I thought everyone pronounces Dalek as “dar-lek”? I’m a northerner and still add an r there. Foggy's mum probably adds a degree of rhoticity. Many Plymothians do the same. |
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Post by finsobruce on Dec 25, 2017 13:49:11 GMT
Pronouncing Dalek as if there were an 'r' in it – as my aunt does – can be an amusing affectation. Spelling it with one, on the other hand, is just plain ignorant and moronic. Incidentally 'dàlek' is a Serbo-Croat word meaning 'far' or 'distant', but Terry Nation has always claimed that he had no idea of this when he came up with the name for the race. It's not as if he could've just Googled it back in the 1960s! I thought everyone pronounces Dalek as “dar-lek”? I’m a northerner and still add an r there. Anyone else remember this lot? |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Dec 26, 2017 12:13:40 GMT
When did she join Labour? She'll be only just inside the two year limit I think they have surely? The rule that Tony Blair broke a few times admittedly. I'm pretty sure it's a one year rule, anyway. |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Jan 3, 2018 14:34:27 GMT
Labour are selecting this evening.
Nominations close a week today (Wed 10th)
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Jan 3, 2018 20:54:07 GMT
Jack Sargent has won the Labour selection.
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Jan 3, 2018 21:17:43 GMT
I’m searching Twitter now. Apparently 150 people attended the hustings.
Also turns out that Plaid Cymru have chosen Wrexham councillor Carrie Harper.
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Post by andrea on Jan 3, 2018 21:59:44 GMT
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Post by Merseymike on Jan 3, 2018 22:43:25 GMT
People that only turn up when there’s real power at stake frustrate me. That's just silly. He was active in the party and his Dad died in tragic circumstances. He wants to continue his good work. How can you complain about a young local candidate born and brought up in Connah's Quay selected on first ballot by a clear majority? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2018 22:45:40 GMT
No UKIP standing now then.
They got 17.4% in 2016.
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Post by Merseymike on Jan 3, 2018 22:47:02 GMT
He is standing for Alyn and Deeside. I know, let's have a smooth talking barrister from London parachuted in instead. Wouldn't want any nasty working class people with rough accents now, would we? And young too...fine for them to vote for us, but let's have candidates with established middle class careers....wouldnt want anything to change, after all |
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Post by andrea on Jan 3, 2018 23:05:50 GMT
He is standing for Alyn and Deeside. I know, let's have a smooth talking barrister from London parachuted in instead. Wouldn't want any nasty working class people with rough accents now, would we? That's the point, the parachuted barristers from London are the masters of repeating the name of the constituency around 100 times immediately after being selected. Because that's the only thing they know. And if you are Chris Bryant, you can manage to randomly name the Rhondda in every occasion you open your month for the rest of your life but this requires extra skills. |
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Post by neilm on Jan 4, 2018 1:15:40 GMT
People that only turn up when there’s real power at stake frustrate me. Presumably no one turned up for this, then. |
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