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What it could be?
Hi, I've been given a nice British course of spoken English, but its script is lost so I have to decipher it by myselft. I'm quite successful in doing that but there are two places where I'm stuck.
The first word sounds like "Cerbitain" in the sentence "Felix Cat is a typical resident of Siberia Avenue, Cerbitain." Is it a geographical name in England?
The second word sounds like "stoke" or "stake" in this dialogue: - Do you want to go for a picnic?
- Oh! Well, where are you thinking off going?
- Near "stoke", there's a nice spot by the rive.
- Is it just before a "stake" on the left of the road?
I can't make out what it could be.
Thanks in advance,
Anatoly Kurilin
The first word sounds like "Cerbitain" in the sentence "Felix Cat is a typical resident of Siberia Avenue, Cerbitain." Is it a geographical name in England?
The second word sounds like "stoke" or "stake" in this dialogue: - Do you want to go for a picnic?
- Oh! Well, where are you thinking off going?
- Near "stoke", there's a nice spot by the rive.
- Is it just before a "stake" on the left of the road?
I can't make out what it could be.
Thanks in advance,
Anatoly Kurilin
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[nq:1]Hi, I've been given a nice British course of spoken English, but its script is lost so I have to ... [/nq] Surbiton a suburb of London. [nq:1]The second word sounds like "stoke" or "stake" in this dialogue: - Do you want to go for a picnic?
- [nq:1]Hi, I've been given a nice British course of spoken English, but its script is lost so I have to ...
- [/nq] Surbiton a suburb of London.
- [nq:1]The second word sounds like "stoke" or "stake" in this dialogue: - Do you want to go for a picnic?
- there's a nice spot by the rive.
- [/nq] "Stoke" is most likely "Stoke on Trent", a regional city in England.
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[nq:1]Hi, I've been given a nice British course of spoken English, but its script is lost so I have to ... in the sentence "Felix Cat is a typical resident of Siberia Avenue, Cerbitain." Is it a geographical name in England?[/nq]
Surbiton a suburb of London.
[nq:1]The second word sounds like "stoke" or "stake" in this dialogue: - Do you want to go for a picnic? ... there's a nice spot by t
Surbiton a suburb of London.
[nq:1]The second word sounds like "stoke" or "stake" in this dialogue: - Do you want to go for a picnic? ... there's a nice spot by t
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[nq:1]On 02 Nov 2004, Anatoly Kurilin wrote[/nq]
Interesting. I read the four lines and thought they might be describing a rural location. This would fit one of the small "stokes" better. However, there is nothing in the wording to distinguish between your guess and mine.
Peter Duncanson
UK (posting from a.e.u)
Interesting. I read the four lines and thought they might be describing a rural location. This would fit one of the small "stokes" better. However, there is nothing in the wording to distinguish between your guess and mine.
Peter Duncanson
UK (posting from a.e.u)
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[nq:2]On 02 Nov 2004, Anatoly Kurilin wrote Surbiton a ... English place-names which include "stoke", but that's the most probable.)[/nq]
[nq:1]Interesting. I read the four lines and thought they might be describing a rural location. This would fit one of the small "stokes" better. However, there is nothing in the wording to distinguish between your guess and mine.[/nq]
Excellent point: it
[nq:1]Interesting. I read the four lines and thought they might be describing a rural location. This would fit one of the small "stokes" better. However, there is nothing in the wording to distinguish between your guess and mine.[/nq]
Excellent point: it
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[nq:1]On 02 Nov 2004, Peter Duncanson wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Interesting. I read the four lines and thought they might ... in the wording to distinguish between your guess and mine.[/nq]
[nq:1]Excellent point: it does indeed have a rural ring to it. The "more obscure" ones I'm personally familiar with are ... Clare, in Suffolk. I figured that a set text for learning English would default to the
[nq:2]Interesting. I read the four lines and thought they might ... in the wording to distinguish between your guess and mine.[/nq]
[nq:1]Excellent point: it does indeed have a rural ring to it. The "more obscure" ones I'm personally familiar with are ... Clare, in Suffolk. I figured that a set text for learning English would default to the
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[nq:2]On 02 Nov 2004, Peter Duncanson wrote Excellent point: it ... learning English would default to the modern-day "Stoke", but basically..dunno.[/nq]
[nq:1]There are Stokes in Cheshire, Devonshire, Hampshire and the Medway towns. Not to mention Stoke Poges. Apparently from OE 'stoc' simply meaning 'place'.[/nq]
The Ordnance Survey, "Britain's national mapping agency", lists 186 places i
[nq:1]There are Stokes in Cheshire, Devonshire, Hampshire and the Medway towns. Not to mention Stoke Poges. Apparently from OE 'stoc' simply meaning 'place'.[/nq]
The Ordnance Survey, "Britain's national mapping agency", lists 186 places i
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[nq:2]There are Stokes in Cheshire, Devonshire, Hampshire and the Medway towns. Not to mention Stoke Poges. Apparently from OE 'stoc' simply meaning 'place'.[/nq]
[nq:1]The Ordnance Survey, "Britain's national mapping agency", lists 186 places in England with "stoke" in the name. 70 of these ... entirely at random): Stoke Bliss Stoke Charity Stoke Edith Stoke Farthing Stoke Gabriel Stoke Mande
[nq:1]The Ordnance Survey, "Britain's national mapping agency", lists 186 places in England with "stoke" in the name. 70 of these ... entirely at random): Stoke Bliss Stoke Charity Stoke Edith Stoke Farthing Stoke Gabriel Stoke Mande
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[nq:2]There are Stokes in Cheshire, Devonshire, Hampshire and the Medway towns. Not to mention Stoke Poges. Apparently from OE 'stoc' simply meaning 'place'.[/nq]
[nq:1]The Ordnance Survey, "Britain's national mapping agency", lists 186 places in England with "stoke" in the name. 70 of these ... for instance, "Stokeford". The remainder include 100 places other than groups of dwellings: rivers,
[nq:1]The Ordnance Survey, "Britain's national mapping agency", lists 186 places in England with "stoke" in the name. 70 of these ... for instance, "Stokeford". The remainder include 100 places other than groups of dwellings: rivers,
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[nq:1]On 03 Nov 2004, Peter Duncanson wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]The Ordnance Survey, "Britain's national mapping agency", lists 186 places ... groups of dwellings: rivers, lakes, forests, farms, and other features.[/nq]
[nq:1]snip Although I'm aware of the appearance of "stoke" in a lot of English places I've not visited, I still ... in a novel, for example a stand-alone reference to "St
[nq:2]The Ordnance Survey, "Britain's national mapping agency", lists 186 places ... groups of dwellings: rivers, lakes, forests, farms, and other features.[/nq]
[nq:1]
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[nq:2]Although I'm aware of the appearance of "stoke" in a ... "Stoke" is likely to be to the one "on Trent".[/nq]
[nq:1]Is there a Stoke or Stake near Surbiton? I'm assuming that the two words queried by the OP come from the same dialog.[/nq]
I don't know of one (which means nothing, of course), but the references I have to hand include a "Stoke Road" which developed in the early 20th cen
[nq:1]Is there a Stoke or Stake near Surbiton? I'm assuming that the two words queried by the OP come from the same dialog.[/nq]
I don't know of one (which means nothing, of course), but the references I have to hand include a "Stoke Road" which developed in the early 20th cen
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