Heathrow to St Pancras?

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Jan 4th, 2020 | 09:39 AM

#21

thursdaysd

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I'd rather risk losing the Oyster card. I've had the same one for years, and just add value when I arrive.

Jan 4th, 2020 | 09:46 AM

#22

Pepper_von_snoot

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"Random internet poster." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I have been posting here for 20 years. And you know it.

I was born in London, my aunt lives in Crouch Hill, and my Cousin Sonia lives in Finsbury Park.

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Jan 4th, 2020 | 10:10 AM

#23

jc_uk

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Quote:

Originally Posted by janisj

I have never heard the 'L' pronounced. (except by visitors who also pronounce Thames and Marylebone as they are spelled)

Well perhaps you need to travel farther south then.

Jan 4th, 2020 | 11:24 AM

#24

bilboburgler

Joined: Jul 2006

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Southerner since birth, BIL is cockney policeman He has never heard "l"

Jan 4th, 2020 | 11:39 AM

#25

janisj

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jc_uk

Well perhaps you need to travel farther south then.

I've been in every county in England/Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland/Isle of Man. Never (ever) have I heard the 'L" except from non-native born.

Jan 4th, 2020 | 01:46 PM

#26

MmePerdu

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"Holborn: A perennial puzzler, Holborn is best pronounced using as few letters as possible – o'b'n rather than Hole-born. Ho-bun is probably the commonest form among locals."

https://londonist.com/2011/10/pronunciation