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[hanygeorge38]

Dear Bud,

First any thanks for replying to my previous posting.

second what is the point of the following joke as it was
difficult for me to understnd it


It was the first day back at school after the
Christmas holidays and the teacher was asking
the class about their holidays.

She turned to Mary and asked what she did.

"We visited my grandmother in Worcester, which is
in Worcestershire" she replied.

"Excellent - two wonderful vocabulary words," the
teacher said. "Mary, can you tell the class how to
spell Worcester and Worcestershire?"

Mary thought about it for a few seconds and then said,
"You know, come to think of it, we visited my uncle
and he lives in York."


Thanks
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hany

[helen1]

Hi Hany,

I know I'm butting in but I loved your joke - typically English.

Mary wants to change the person and place she visited as the teacher has asked her to spell Worcester and Worcestershire

Just in case you don't know this city and county in England are not pronounced the way they are spelt.

Worcester is pronounced Wooster
Worcestershire is pronounced Woostersheer.....

Does that help?

Helen

[bud]

Yes, it's a great joke!