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		notahacker on May 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are so many young Americans adopting fake Brit... I like the Northamptonshire village of Cogenhoe, which is obviously pronounced cook-no. It sits on the River Nene, which is pronounced Neen or Nen depending on which bit of Northamptonshire you live in (Northamptonshire is not very big...)

ndsipa_pomu on May 15, 2023 [–]

I think the accepted authority on anything to do with Northamptonshire has to be Alan Moore.

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