#islington tunnel

[elaine4queen]

Another migraine blows in and leaves me devastated. I can’t believe I lived through years of this being all of the time, never mind trying to write a book. No wonder I couldn’t hold it all in my mind, I can barely hold my head up. 

Days pass and I arrive at a Monday morning with the dog packed off to RoodDogs for a walk, and I’m doing whatever life admin I can catch up with. Over the weekend I tried for a writing morning at Rockwater but they were, let’s say, disingenuous about opening times on the website, and I arrive to find the great lady still in her quilts. There’s a hut selling coffee outside, but the sitting area there is soaking wet from the rain, and there’s also some kind of circuit training class going on there. As we pick through to find a place to sit Lola sniffs the weights set out in an appraising manner.

I can perch for a few minutes there to drink my coffee, but it’s not a place to hang out and relax, so it becomes just a walk for Lola’s needs, which are met, albeit briefly. 

By the Sunday I’m sufficiently anxious that if I don’t get my flights booked for Dublin the prices will go up. I’ve found my passport and it’s still in date. I am so anxious about getting all the details right, but I make a fair pass at booking, and the trip becomes real.

Terri has been responsible for a good half of my trips abroad in recent years. She’s an academic, so she has conferences and research trips. We went to Paris and visited a shoe making college. It’s better than holidays for me, a trip with a purpose, most of which is hanging out with a friend and doesn’t require doing tourism in some sort of correct manner. One time she invited me to Athens for the weekend. No one goes to Athens for the weekend from here. It’s 4-6 hours in the cheap seats and my back wouldn’t stand it, but I figure out a way which involves taking two weeks for a two day trip. She had booked a hotel with a view of the Acropolis and of course we went, but she spent most of her time talking to the cats there, and we had the place to ourselves, because it was February which was perfect for us. 

Anyway, this trip she’s coming from Australia and the conference is about internet research. I’m hoping to meet some of the people and maybe go to some panels if I can sneak in. Otherwise it’s going to be just time somewhere else with a friend in a room and some walking around and looking at things. I don’t know anything about Dublin. I mean I’ve listened to Ulysses and Dubliners and maybe I will again, for the trip. That’s good enough. Even if I spent the whole time in the room just doing what I’d be doing at home minus the dog, plus the Terri, that’s more than enough.

I look at the map. The hotel isn't far from the river. I am happy near water - for itself and for orientation. Unlike Paris and Athens I have a family connection to Ireland, but only as much as the endless Americans who claim Irish lineage - the famine, one quarter, and no right to a passport. Also, though I’ve been told enough times, I don’t even know the second name of the family who fled to Scotland. They took or were given the name White on arrival, and for some reason I can’t hold the original name in my head. It’s like a kind of ancestral amnesia, which, of course, was its purpose. The Wherry name on the other side of my family could be Irish or it could be Romany, which chimes with a more personal connection to London - my last flat there took me walks around the canal basins which they most certainly docked at. I wonder what they were carrying as they lay on their backs legging it through the Islington Tunnel? It could have been anything from coal to feathers.

#dublin #athens #paris #london #east london #original writing #actually adhd #actually autistic #brighton #dog #dogwalk #daily life #dubliners #ulysses #james joyce #islington #islington tunnel #legging it #wherry #erasure #travel #feathers #feather merchant #canals #canal boats

[eardefenders]

Sherlock & Co Locations

Location, location, location. Are you like me and not a native Londoner? Are you also like me wondering how to visualize a place or, perhaps more importantly, how long does it take to get from 221B to the various locations and how much they're spending on tube fare?

Well then look no further! This is my masterpost with links to each location described in detail in each post made on those locations. Each post gives a bit about how far from 221B it's located (depending on travel method), how much it likely cost them to get there, photos of the location, and a bit of the location's history.

Every time we get a new locale I'll add a post and link it here. :) Lmk if I miss any and I'll add them. If you see a location and it has no link then either the link broke or I haven't made the post yet, but logged the location.

Cheers!

The Criterion Bar

221B Baker Street

Brixton

The Volunteer Pub & Restaurant

Regent's Park

Hampstead

Thor Bridge (Upney Ln)

Walthamstow (Morgue)

King George's Hospital

Barking/North Barking

Fortnum & Mason

Paddington Station

Hilton Green/Chatham

Berlin (John's Vacay Spot with The Boys)

Heathrow Airport

Hotel Cosmopolitan

Bailey's Street

Shoreditch

King's Road

Chelsey

44 Cross St., Croydon

Chiswick Flyover

The Fox (the swinger's pub)

Hanwell/Ealing/West London

Islington Tunnel

Eltham

Blackheath Common

"GAIL'S Bakery"

The Strand

'Saxe-Coburg Square'

Pinewood Studios

Embankment

Charing Cross

Opera House (?)

Barking Station

Walthamstow

Waterloo Bridge

Bank of England Museum

Camden Town

Living Room Club Cafe

'Gloria Scott' (Oil Rigs)

Ramack/Kosovo

St Dunstan

Little Venice

Satalfields

Brick Lane

Neal's Yard

South Kensington (Ice Rink)

#sherlock & co #sherlock and co #sherlock & co locations #goalhanger podcasts #goalhanger #meta #I think #masterlist #uh just realized there's probably spoilers in having this list lol #so consider yourself warned #sh&co spoilers

[spicytunapotato]

Queen's practice

Dearest creature in creation,

Studying English pronunciation.

I will teach you in my verse

Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.

I will keep you, Suzy, busy,

Make your head with heat grow dizzy.

Tear in eye, your dress will tear.

So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.

Just compare heart, beard, and heard,

Dies and diet, lord and word,

Sword and sward, retain and Britain.

(Mind the latter, how it's written.)

Now I surely will not plague you

With such words as plaque and ague.

But be careful how you speak:

Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;

Cloven, oven, how and low,

Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.

Hear me say, devoid of trickery,

Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,

Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,

Exiles, similes, and reviles;

Scholar, vicar, and cigar,

Solar, mica, war and far;

One, anemone, Balmoral,

Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;

Gertrude, German, wind and mind,

Scene, Melpomene, mankind.

Billet does not rhyme with ballet,

Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.

Blood and flood are not like food,

Nor is mould like should and would.

Viscous, viscount, load and broad,

Toward, to forward, to reward.

And your pronunciation's OK

When you correctly say croquet,

Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,

Friend and fiend, alive and live.

Ivy, privy, famous; clamour

And enamour rhymes with hammer.

River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,

Doll and roll and some and home.

Stranger does not rhyme with anger,

Neither does devour with clangour.

Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,

Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,

Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,

And then singer, ginger, linger,

Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,

Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.

Query does not rhyme with very,

Nor does fury sound like bury.

Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth.

Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath.

Though the differences seem little,

We say actual but victual.

Refer does not rhyme with deafer.

Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer.

Mint, pint, senate and sedate;

Dull, bull, and George ate late.

Scenic, Arabic, Pacific,

Science, conscience, scientific.

Liberty, library, heave and heaven,

Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven.

We say hallowed, but allowed,

People, leopard, towed, but vowed.

Mark the differences, moreover,

Between mover, cover, clover;

Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,

Chalice, but police and lice;

Camel, constable, unstable,

Principle, disciple, label.

Petal, panel, and canal,

Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal.

Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,

Senator, spectator, mayor.

Tour, but our and succour, four.

Gas, alas, and Arkansas.

Sea, idea, Korea, area,

Psalm, Maria, but malaria.

Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean.

Doctrine, turpentine, marine.

Compare alien with Italian,

Dandelion with battalion.

Sally with ally, yea, ye,

Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.

Say aver, but ever, fever,

Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.

Heron, granary, canary.

Crevice and device and aerie.

Face, but preface, not efface.

Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.

Large, but target, gin, give, verging,

Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging.

Ear, but earn and wear and tear

Do not rhyme with here but ere.

Seven is right, but so is even,

Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen,

Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk,

Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.

Pronunciation -- think of Psyche!

Is a paling stout and spikey?

Won't it make you lose your wits,

Writing groats and saying grits?

It's a dark abyss or tunnel:

Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale,

Islington and Isle of Wight,

Housewife, verdict and indict.

Finally, which rhymes with enough?

Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?

Hiccough has the sound of cup.

My advice is give it up!

[lindsaywesker]

Good morning! I hope you slept well and feel rested? Currently sitting at a desk in the Mi-Soul office, fully-dressed, I’m afraid to say, enjoying my first cuppa of the day. Welcome to Too Much Information Tuesday!

First of all, I am alive. Yesterday: up at 4.00 a.m. Willesden Junction to Deptford Bridge. Three hours of live radio. Deptford Bridge to Highbury & Islington. Four hours of teaching. Highbury & Islington to Willesden Junction. Home just after 8.15 p.m. And here I am again! Hope you can join me at 7.00am for Mi-Breakfast? It’s ticket Tuesday! Giving away a pair of tickets to the Margate Soul Festival.

France is the most visited country in the world (90m), followed by Spain (83.7m) and The U.S.A. (79.3m) People from countries in the EU have no problem visiting France every year. The U.K. sits in 10th (39.4m).

A Nova Scotia man, Lorne Grabher, fought a court battle to prove his personalised license plate - which had his surname on it - didn’t incite sexual violence. He lost.

Kobalt is pulling its 700,000 songs off Facebook and Instagram.

Before having their chests cut open and their hearts pulled out, Aztec human-sacrifice victims were given a cup of hot chocolate.

Shops in France will be ordered to close doors when using air conditioning and limit neon lighting in a bid to cut energy waste, a minister has said. These rules, already in place in some areas, will be rolled out across France, Minister of Ecological Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher told the Journal du Dimanche newspaper. Energy costs in Europe have spiralled since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Shops will be fined up to €750 (£640) for breaking the air-conditioning rule. Leaving doors open when air conditioning is on is "absurd", Ms Pannier-Runacher told local radio station RMC.

Very sadly, actor David Warner died yesterday. He was in great movies: ‘Morgan: A Suitable Case For Treatment’ (1966), ‘Time Bandits’ (1981), ‘Tron’ (1982) and ‘The Man With Two Brains’ (1983).

The person who named the drug ‘ecstasy’ thought that the name ‘empathy’ would have been more appropriate, but decided that not too many people knew what it meant.

In 1719, prisoners in Paris were offered freedom as long as they were willing to marry a prostitute and move to Louisiana.

There are giant tunnels underneath Tokyo protecting it from floods.

Bad Bunny’s 'Un Verano Sin Ti' is the first album – since Adele’s ‘25’ - to sell over 100,000 units in the U.S. in each of its first eleven weeks of release.

A 2013 study determined that Viagra is an extremely effective treatment for painful menstruation. However, the review panel determined that cramps were not a public health priority and refused further funding.

In 2005, one in five people admitted to taking Derbisol, a drug that doesn’t exist.

Nintendo promoted the term "videogame console" so that people would stop calling rival products "Nintendos" and they could protect their trademark.

In 1941, a Russian woman, Mariya Oktyabrskaya, lost her husband when he was killed by the Nazis during WWII. In response, she sold all her possessions and bought herself a tank. After naming it "Fighting Girlfriend" she set out hunting and killing Nazis on the Eastern Front.

Okay, that’s enough information for one day. Thanks for reading all the way to the bottom of my status. Many people don’t like reading. It’s too much hard work. So, I thank you for giving me five minutes of your day. Have a tremendous and tumultuous Tuesday! I love you all.

#mixcloud #mi soul #dj #music #lockdown #new blog #coronavirus #books #democracy #brexit #cronyism #tuesdaymotivation #election

[lorinlondon]

The Tube: London’s Greatest Attraction?

I love the Tube. At first it scared me, but at this point, I’ve gotten used to it. I love that no one smiles at me, stops me to talk, or expects me to carry on a conversation. These are all issues I’ve had with people back home, where it’s expected that especially a woman should smile and speak. Everyone is just moving. We all have places to get to, and I completely understand that mentality. There are travelers with suitcases, people headed to or from work or school, people just riding for errands, and more. The other day, we met a group from Florida. But the only reason we talked was probably because we were both tourists. I’ve recently discovered that the one thing that annoys locals about Americans is their tendency to talk on the Tube, which makes sense.

Are there some eccentricities? Of course. This one girl just started singing extremely loudly as soon as she sat down; I’m still not sure of her motives, as she seemed bent on getting the attention of the boy seated across from her. But I love that people are so open and unique, so expressive, so human. The only thing I don’t love is how warm and crowded it can be, but it moves so quickly that this inconvenience seems minor. I also appreciate the fact that no one really stares. Perhaps this is due to the rules? We saw a sign claiming that staring could be considered harassment; if only that were true in the states.

In relation to our reading of Neverwhere, we’ve seen various places that are mentioned in the book: St. Pancras, Earl’s Court, Islington, and more. And we see character types. There is one girl, possibly displaced from her home, who sits at the foot of the stairs in one station between the two track entrances; she definitely reminds me of someone who would be from the Underside in Neverwhere. And then there are the people who walk through the trains themselves, asking for food or spare change. This is interesting, because it seems so normal to those who ride the train. There are also various performers, even one we saw on the street and then later that same evening in the Tube tunnel. The Tube is alive, with smells, sounds, and certainly sights. And each station has its own quirks. Some are nicer than others. At one point, someone said, “We’re home,” when we reached Angel, and we’ve only been here less than a week, but there is something special about this particular station.

#neverwhere #london22 #the tube #studyabroad

[julierysava]

🔍🔮 Friday Freaking Enigma: Unraveling the Secrets of London! 🔮🔍

Hey there, fellow adventurers! 🌟 It's time to embark on another thrilling journey through the mysterious streets of London. Today, we're diving deep into the hidden gems and curious curiosities which await us in this bustling metropolis. Are you ready to uncover the secrets of the city? Let's dive in!

🏰 The Historic Chelsea Physic Garden: Delve into the enchanting world of plants and botanical wonders at this historic garden, where every leaf tells a story.

🏛️ The Charming Islington Canal Museum: Step back in time as you explore the intriguing history of London's waterways and canals at this quaint museum.

🎤 The Iconic Millennium Dome, now The O2: Discover the vibrant energy and entertainment which pulse through this iconic landmark, now transformed into a world-class entertainment venue.

🌳 The Beautiful Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park: Lose yourself in the serene beauty of Hyde Park's picturesque lake, a tranquil oasis amidst the hustle and bustle of the city.

🎨 The Charming Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel: Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of street art as you wander through this hidden gem beneath the streets of London.

⚖️ The Historic Royal Courts of Justice: Uncover the secrets of London's legal system as you explore the grand halls and imposing architecture of these iconic courts.

🌸 The Picturesque Columbia Road Flower Market: Indulge your senses in a riot of colors and fragrances at this bustling flower market, where blooms of every hue beckon.

🍴 The Vibrant Brixton Market: Satisfy your cravings for culinary delights as you wander through the eclectic stalls and diverse flavors of Brixton Market.

Are you ready to embark on your own London adventure? Let us know which of these fascinating destinations you're most excited to explore! 🇬🇧✨

#FridayEnigma #LondonExploration #HiddenGems #AdventureAwaits #CitySecrets #TumblrAdventure

[g-raceinyourheart]

Manifesting my dream house… & my parents being in town means I have way too many outfit pictures to post 👾🕺 (at Islington Tunnel) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiXfBTHKUN4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[andrewbadblood]

Walking with John Rogers always a joy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBOkx9JxKK4 from Stratford to Hackney and thereafter the Islington Tunnel wherein Edith finished her journey in our film SWANDOWN https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-swandown-2012-online  

[moreeverydaythings]

Day 336- Underground station underground part 1

Regular visitors to An Every Day Thing and Sometimes London will realise I have a bit of a thing for empty underground stations. This probably comes from a combination of the contrast from their usual bustle, the mystery of what’s at the end of the tunnel or around the corner and growing up with The Jam’s Down in a Tube Station at Midnight. I’ve worked out that these were likely taken at Highbury and Islington.

#336 #underground #tube #station #railway #London #Highbury #Islington #empty #the Jam #Jam #England #UK #tunnel #midnight #music #new wave #punk

[teenzlife]

Canal Basin tunnel walk way, Ancoats / New Islington, Manchester 2020. . . . . . . #lightplay #manchesterstreetphotography #manchester #ancoats #islington #manchestergram #canal #basin #tunnelwalk #lichtspel #lichtspiel #tunnel #grachten #gracht #water #reflectie #unitedkingdom #england #uk #engeland (bij The Canal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9EepkVFIdK/?igshid=19sfp6abmyrze

#lightplay #manchesterstreetphotography #manchester #ancoats #islington #manchestergram #canal #basin #tunnelwalk #lichtspel #lichtspiel #tunnel #grachten #gracht #water #reflectie #unitedkingdom #england #uk #engeland

[aarkangel]

#Islington #canal #tunnel #walkandtalk #London https://www.instagram.com/p/CNctqgqn2jf/?igshid=1qdffzlkzn5c2

#islington #canal #tunnel #walkandtalk #london

[londiniumlundene]

London Through a Looking Glass: The Lido Line

With London commuters being asked to find alternatives to public transport for most of 2020, here is an idea that might have just been a few years ahead of its time. In 2012, Y/N Studios proposed inserting a clean channel into the Regent’s Canal between Little Venice and Limehouse Basin, creating a swimmable commuting route.

The channel’s treated water would be contained by a three-layer membrane, allowing commuters to swim safely alongside the boats and waterfowl in the significantly less clean “regular” canal waters. Stations (of a kind) would punctuate the route, providing changing areas and lockers, and larger pools could be created in basins for recreational or competitive swimming. There were even proposals of installing disco lighting in the 900-metre-long Islington tunnel, and freezing over the whole route in winter to create a high-speed skating link.

This was all, of course, purely speculative, and had several major points that were not fully thought out: how much would it cost to build and operate? How much use would it see? Would commuters need to have dry clothes waiting for them at their destination? Most importantly, would it appear on the Tube Map?

It is worth noting, therefore, that this idea was the runner-up in the ‘High Line for London Green Infrastructure Ideas Competition’, which sought proposals for how to create a London equivalent to New York’s High Line, a stretch of disused railway converted into a public park. No funding or planning permission was ever associated with the competition, but who knows what the future holds?

All images copyright Y/N

#london #uk #england #canal #swimming #lido #line #water #regents canal #little venice #limehouse #basin #commuting #commuters #swimmable #stations #recreational #competitive #disco #lighting #skating #ice #ice skating #high speed #speculative #proposal #competition #infrastructure #green #looking glass

[ark3750]

The weirdness of English pronunciation (3/3)

Oct 27, 2021 Liberty, library, heave and heaven, Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven. We say hallowed, but allowed, People, leopard, towed, but vowed. Mark the differences, moreover, Between mover, cover, clover; Leeches, breeches, wise, precise, Chalice, but police and lice; Sea, idea, Korea, area, Camel, constable, unstable, Principle, disciple, label.

Petal, panel, and canal, Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal. Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair, Senator, spectator, mayor. Tour, but our and succour, four. Gas, alas, and Arkansas. Sea, idea, Korea, area, Psalm, Maria, but malaria. Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean. Doctrine, turpentine, marine.Compare alien with Italian,

Dandelion and battalion. Sally with ally, yea, ye, Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key. Say aver, but ever, fever, Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver. Heron, granary, canary. Crevice and device and aerie.

Face, but preface, not efface. Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass. Large, but target, gin, give, verging, Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging. Ear, but earn and wear and tear Do not rhyme with here but ere. Seven is right, but so is even, Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen. Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk, Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work. Pronunciation -- think of Psyche! Is a paling stout and spikey? Won't it make you lose your wits, Writing groats and saying grits? It's a dark abyss or tunnel: Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale, Islington and Isle of Wight, Housewife, verdict and indict.

Finally, which rhymes with enough? Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough? Hiccough has the sound of cup. My advice is,- give it up! 😵🤒😮🙃

[reading-writing-revolution]

If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.

After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud.

Dearest creature in creation,

Study English pronunciation.

I will teach you in my verse

Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.

I will keep you, Suzy, busy,

Make your head with heat grow dizzy.

Tear in eye, your dress will tear.

So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.

Just compare heart, beard, and heard,

Dies and diet, lord and word,

Sword and sward, retain and Britain.

(Mind the latter, how it’s written.)

Now I surely will not plague you

With such words as plaque and ague.

But be careful how you speak:

Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;

Cloven, oven, how and low,

Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.

Hear me say, devoid of trickery,

Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,

Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,

Exiles, similes, and reviles;

Scholar, vicar, and cigar,

Solar, mica, war and far;

One, anemone, Balmoral,

Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;

Gertrude, German, wind and mind,

Scene, Melpomene, mankind.

Billet does not rhyme with ballet,

Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.

Blood and flood are not like food,

Nor is mould like should and would.

Viscous, viscount, load and broad,

Toward, to forward, to reward.

And your pronunciation’s OK

When you correctly say croquet,

Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,

Friend and fiend, alive and live.

Ivy, privy, famous; clamour

And enamour rhyme with hammer.

River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,

Doll and roll and some and home.

Stranger does not rhyme with anger,

Neither does devour with clangour.

Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,

Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,

Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,

And then singer, ginger, linger,

Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,

Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.

Query does not rhyme with very,

Nor does fury sound like bury.

Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth.

Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath.

Though the differences seem little,

We say actual but victual.

Refer does not rhyme with deafer.

Fe0ffer does, and zephyr, heifer.

Mint, pint, senate and sedate;

Dull, bull, and George ate late.

Scenic, Arabic, Pacific,

Science, conscience, scientific.

Liberty, library, heave and heaven,

Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven.

We say hallowed, but allowed,

People, leopard, towed, but vowed.

Mark the differences, moreover,

Between mover, cover, clover;

Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,

Chalice, but police and lice;

Camel, constable, unstable,

Principle, disciple, label.

Petal, panel, and canal,

Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal.

Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,

Senator, spectator, mayor.

Tour, but our and succour, four.

Gas, alas, and Arkansas.

Sea, idea, Korea, area,

Psalm, Maria, but malaria.

Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean.

Doctrine, turpentine, marine.

Compare alien with Italian,

Dandelion and battalion.

Sally with ally, yea, ye,

Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.

Say aver, but ever, fever,

Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.

Heron, granary, canary.

Crevice and device and aerie.

Face, but preface, not efface.

Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.

Large, but target, gin, give, verging,

Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging.

Ear, but earn and wear and tear

Do not rhyme with here but ere.

Seven is right, but so is even,

Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen,

Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk,

Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.

Pronunciation (think of Psyche!)

Is a paling stout and spikey?

Won’t it make you lose your wits,

Writing groats and saying grits?

It’s a dark abyss or tunnel:

Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale,

Islington and Isle of Wight,

Housewife, verdict and indict.

Finally, which rhymes with enough,

Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?

Hiccough has the sound of cup.

My advice is to give up!!!

English Pronunciation by G. Nolst Trenité

[dwellsinparadise]

"The Chaos" of English Pronunciation | G. Nolst Trenite (1922)

If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.

It contains about 800 of the worst irregularities in English spelling and pronunciation.

After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labor to reading six lines aloud.

Think you can do it? It's a lot harder than it looks.

Read aloud:

Dearest creature in creation,

Study English pronunciation.

I will teach you in my verse

Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.

I will keep you, Suzy, busy,

Make your head with heat grow dizzy.

Tear in eye, your dress will tear.

So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.

Just compare heart, beard, and heard,

Dies and diet, lord and word,

Sword and sward, retain and Britain.

(Mind the latter, how it's written.)

Now I surely will not plague you

With such words as plaque and ague.

But be careful how you speak:

Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;

Cloven, oven, how and low,

Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.

Hear me say, devoid of trickery,

Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,

Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,

Exiles, similes, and reviles;

Scholar, vicar, and cigar,

Solar, mica, war and far;

One, anemone, Balmoral,

Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;

Gertrude, German, wind and mind,

Scene, Melpomene, mankind.

Billet does not rhyme with ballet,

Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.

Blood and flood are not like food,

Nor is mould like should and would.

Viscous, viscount, load and broad,

Toward, to forward, to reward.

And your pronunciation's OK

When you correctly say croquet,

Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,

Friend and fiend, alive and live.

Ivy, privy, famous; clamour

And enamour rhyme with hammer.

River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,

Doll and roll and some and home.

Stranger does not rhyme with anger,

Neither does devour with clangour.

Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,

Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,

Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,

And then singer, ginger, linger,

Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,

Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.

Query does not rhyme with very,

Nor does fury sound like bury.

Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth.

Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath.

Though the differences seem little,

We say actual but victual.

Refer does not rhyme with deafer.

Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer.

Mint, pint, senate and sedate;

Dull, bull, and George ate late.

Scenic, Arabic, Pacific,

Science, conscience, scientific.

Liberty, library, heave and heaven,

Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven.

We say hallowed, but allowed,

People, leopard, towed, but vowed.

Mark the differences, moreover,

Between mover, cover, clover;

Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,

Chalice, but police and lice;

Camel, constable, unstable,

Principle, disciple, label.

Petal, panel, and canal,

Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal.

Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,

Senator, spectator, mayor.

Tour, but our and succour, four.

Gas, alas, and Arkansas.

Sea, idea, Korea, area,

Psalm, Maria, but malaria.

Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean.

Doctrine, turpentine, marine.

Compare alien with Italian,

Dandelion and battalion.

Sally with ally, yea, ye,

Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.

Say aver, but ever, fever,

Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.

Heron, granary, canary.

Crevice and device and aerie.

Face, but preface, not efface.

Phlegm, phlegmatic, ass, glass, bass.

Large, but target, gin, give, verging,

Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging.

Ear, but earn and wear and tear

Do not rhyme with here but ere.

Seven is right, but so is even,

Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen,

Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk,

Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.

Pronunciation -- think of Psyche!

Is a paling stout and spikey?

Won't it make you lose your wits,

Writing groats and saying grits?

It's a dark abyss or tunnel:

Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale,

Islington and Isle of Wight,

Housewife, verdict and indict.

Finally, which rhymes with enough --

Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?

Hiccough has the sound of cup.

My advice is to give up!!!

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