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grahame

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Mixed up places

« on: October 21, 2007, 09:09:51 »

Can you identify these places?

1. Dearly

2. Grained

3. Overtint

4. Lower

5. Mailless

6. Ethan


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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2007, 09:14:55 »

4.Worle
Know a few more but i'll leave them for someone else.


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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2007, 09:36:16 »

Quote from: qprrule on October 21, 2007, 09:14:55

4.Worle
Know a few more but i'll leave them for someone else.

Yes - and thanks - "one each" is a good idea!


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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2007, 10:20:11 »

2. Reading

Number 3 isn't strictly correct, though: how about 'Wavy Kent Airport'?


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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2007, 10:28:37 »

Quote from: TerminalJunkie on October 21, 2007, 10:20:11

2. Reading

Number 3 isn't strictly correct, though

You're right on both counts.


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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2007, 10:55:27 »

Here's a few more:
6. Settles a dim problem
7. Poignant
8. Cancel fir draft
9. Raw whales rind
10. Planet bras
11. Want boob net
12. Legs to cure
13. Pinch me, pah
14. Tricky dado paw
15. Swell shirt brochure


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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2007, 11:01:20 »

I'm really bad at working these out but I think 7 may be Paington ...


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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2007, 11:33:54 »

Personally I think 7 is Paignton

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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2007, 12:21:09 »

Quote from: Liam on October 21, 2007, 11:33:54

Personally I think 7 is Paignton

Grin

I never could smell properly!


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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2007, 15:53:20 »

Quote from: grahame

I'm really bad at working these out

Then why start the thread? Roll Eyes


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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2007, 08:04:21 »

Quote from: TerminalJunkie on October 21, 2007, 15:53:20

Quote from: grahame

I'm really bad at working these out

Then why start the thread? Roll Eyes

That killed it Shocked

.... do I spot a "Cardiff Central" somewhere there in yours too?
Mine were:

1. Dearly
2. Grained (Solved as Reading)
3. Overtint (Missing a "Parkway" ....)
4. Lower (Solved as Worle)
5. Mailless
6. Ethan

Yours:

6. Settles a dim problem
7. Poignant (Paignton !)
8. Cancel fir draft (Cardiff Central)
9. Raw whales rind
10. Planet bras
11. Want boob net
12. Legs to cure
13. Pinch me, pah
14. Tricky dado paw
15. Swell shirt brochure


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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2007, 09:33:02 »

Quote from: grahame

do I spot a "Cardiff Central" somewhere there in yours too?

Yup.

1. Dearly Radley

5. Mailless Sea Mills

6. Ethan Neath


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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2007, 10:33:04 »

And a Chippenham at 13 ....


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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2007, 01:12:05 »

12. Gloucester


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Re: Mixed up places

« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2007, 14:15:57 »

In a desperate effort to keep this thread alive, here's five more:

16. Ten Hebrew immigrants
17. Meant to sculpt a horn
18. Kidnap by a worm
19. Vexatious abductor raid
20. Newer mousetraps


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