Talk:Shrewsbury

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Contents 1 Shrewsbury Cathedral 2 The Severn Radio Station 3 Double Murder 4 Shrewsbury Slang 5 Pronunciation

[edit] Shrewsbury Cathedral

How come there is no mention of the cathedral in this article? It is quite a dominating building on the skyline and is surely a tourist attraction?

a) It is not in any way a dominating feature of the skyline - I think you're thinking of a different building?

b) It is not a tourist attraction either. David 20:00, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Severn Radio Station

It's obvious that several users think that having a link to Shrewsbury's new radio station is spam. I said to myself the next time I see it edited and reverted I'd post this. So here I am posting it. In my opinion, it's not 'spam' as I don't think it is intended to advertise the station per se, however I don't think it is fair to be promoting it above BBC Shropshire or Beacon FM, for example. Therefore, can it not simply be left out of the External Links? I see no reason why it needs to be there. Maybe the article should reference the radio stations that Shrewsbury can lay claim to, but I see no further need. Samluke777 16:20, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Double Murder

There's been a double murder in Shrewsbury today at the Frankwell area. Someone should include this somewhere if it's relevant (although i'd think it was a pretty major event). More details here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/5138122.stm 195.92.168.167 12:40, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

• Why exactly should that be included? Murders happen every day, just because these ones happened in our town doesn't make them important. Skinmeister 14:52, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
  • No need to include it as murders happen every day in England. David 16:34, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
    • Well - and everywhere else. I would guess that the average number of murders in Shrewsbury would be one per year or less. Nevertheless unless this murder is of spme note it shouldn't be in the article.Exile 21:42, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shrewsbury Slang

This article on slang was recently removed from Shrewsbury's trivia section, presumably because this user had not heard of the term:

'Monnerisms' - - "Mon" is used as a term of endearment, particularly amongst the young; typical usage is "y'alright monner?", meaning "How are you?". It is frequently offered as a colloquial greeting for example when entering a shop (c.f. "yes boss" might be used in the south eastern counties).

Has anybody else heard about this peculiar expression, or are there any others of interest that could be added. I cannot be sure it the term is specific to Shrewsbury, or if it is Shropshire-wide. Perhaps it would be worth adding a section on local dialect?

Surely this is just a (relatively) recent national fashion amongst younger people? As far as I'm aware it's got nothing to do with Shrewsbury, so it shouldn't be in the article.

Unless someone can prove otherwise. David 19:29, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I've been saying "Alright mon?" since I was at school, so it's been around for at least ten years. A popular alternative, used when you haven't seen someone for a long time is "Alright MMMMMOOOOOOONNNNNNNNnnnnnnn".

I think it's used in Telford too, but I prefer not to associate with Telfordscum. Skinmeister 19:39, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah the hatred of "Telfs" (Telford chavs)... ;) David 19:51, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Whenever my dad puts on a Shropshire accent the word "mon" usually crops up fairly soon (often in the phrase "you'm right there mon!"), so it must have been around for at least few decades. I don't think this random snippet of dialect should be in the article though - it would be better in a properly sourced and encyclopedic Shropshire dialect article, or a dialect section in Shropshire. --Blisco 19:20, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Is there such a thing as a Shropshire dialect though?? David 19:46, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Maybe not a Shropshire dialect. [1] --Blisco 20:59, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Personally i think the dialect used in and around shrewsbury has great relevance to our county, being shrewsbury (or shoesbury..) born and bred myself and all my friends use 'mon' as a greeting, as do most people in the town and surrounding villages. How Doo Mon...

[edit] Pronunciation

According to my dad, who grew up in the town, "Shrosebury" was the normal pronunciation (circa 1960s) while the true Shropshire-born-and-bred working-class folk said "Shoosbury"; he reckons "Shroosbury" is just plain wrong. Personally I've never heard anyone say Shoosbury but I've heard Shroosbury a fair amount in the town, so things must have changed (it's probably a case of spelling pronunciation taking over). My impression is that these days Shroosbury is working-class and Shrosebury is middle-class. As the Shropshire Star is a tabloid it makes sense that their survey would show a clear majority for Shroosbury, though of course it's not clear whether it was a poll of Star readers or a representative sample of the population. Just my 2 cents worth as an outsider - I'd be interested to hear what current residents think. --Blisco 19:12, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

That sounds about fair. As far as I'm concerned, the "ew" is pronounced "ow" - it's spelt "ew" and not "ow" as that's how in the "olden days" the sound "ow" was spelt. For example, the word "show"/"showing" was spelt as "shew"/"shewing". The only modern day spelling of an English word that uses this old spelling way is "sew", which is of course pronounced as "sow" (by most). David 19:44, 12 July 2006 (UTC)