Portlaoise - the anger continues
More anger from Portlaoise over the scandalous treatment of women who might have cancer.
"For years we've been trying to get people to pronounce 'Portlaoise' with three syllables - the final 'e' you know is there for a reason" said Blaithin O'Neille. "and now weeks of saturation coverage by the media pronouncing it with two sylllables has undone all our good work. It's a crying shame."
A spokesperson for window cleaners expressed confusion as to whether it was a "shame" or a "shammy".
Jonathon Westbrit of Citizens United for Two Syllables responded "It's bad enough living in a town that no one can spell without making it worse by pronouncing it as if we speak Irish. If people in Dun Laoghaire can get away with saying 'Dunleary' then we can keep our two syallables".
Meanwhile it has emerged that the problem with misdiagnosis was the result of a misspelling when an administrator thought the "breast checks" were "beast checks" and sent them off to the Veterinary Section of the Department of Agriculture. A spokesman said "It's an easy mistake to make, especially with women from Laois".
"For years we've been trying to get people to pronounce 'Portlaoise' with three syllables - the final 'e' you know is there for a reason" said Blaithin O'Neille. "and now weeks of saturation coverage by the media pronouncing it with two sylllables has undone all our good work. It's a crying shame."
A spokesperson for window cleaners expressed confusion as to whether it was a "shame" or a "shammy".
Jonathon Westbrit of Citizens United for Two Syllables responded "It's bad enough living in a town that no one can spell without making it worse by pronouncing it as if we speak Irish. If people in Dun Laoghaire can get away with saying 'Dunleary' then we can keep our two syallables".
Meanwhile it has emerged that the problem with misdiagnosis was the result of a misspelling when an administrator thought the "breast checks" were "beast checks" and sent them off to the Veterinary Section of the Department of Agriculture. A spokesman said "It's an easy mistake to make, especially with women from Laois".
