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Photo of a slice of ham split in 2, one is labelled West Ham and the other East Ham.
Photo of the whole slice of ham, labelled Fulham
Photo of empty plate with crumbs on it, labelled Nottingham

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Americans googling to see if these are all really places.

[–] Savirius 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fun fact: when the boroughs of West Ham and East Ham merged in 1965, some of the suggested names by the public included Hamstrung, Hamsandwich, Smoked Ham and Hamsweetham.

They settled on the new name Newham, which, y'know, is elegant and all, but it's disappointing once you know they could've been a sandwich.

[–] CurlyMoustache 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is it pronounced "nju'm"?

[–] Pyroglyph 4 points 1 year ago

I think Eaton would have worked better for the last image haha

[–] plunged_ewe 4 points 1 year ago

As a kid, I thought Birmingham was pronounced "burning ham"

[–] Macaroni_ninja 2 points 1 year ago

Dont forget Feltham

[–] Resol 2 points 1 year ago

And then there's Tottenham. Or as I like to call it: Tot & Ham.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Don't get me started on Badham

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago