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29-11-2007 10:04 AM

roz wrote:
We call it 'You Elm ' or 'ewe elm' - its named after a Cotswolds village - but you would never imagine the trouble we have - we have to spell it out clearly every time we do a transaction/business on the phone and even then when the letters arrive the spelling is hilarious - 'You Elm Road '- the call centre operator took me literally - and 'Your Elm Road, ' Your Arm Road', Uelm Road, Uel Road, Ahem Road, etc etc. It does make me concerned that people do not listen properly when you spell it letter for letter. And don't seem to know what a female sheep is called. Baaaaa!


Apparently locals pronounce it pretty much as you do, though the W often disappears to end up with 'Yelm'.

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Water Supply Problems - TomJames - 27-11-2007, 04:33 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - Sherwood - 27-11-2007, 08:20 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - roz - 28-11-2007, 10:27 AM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - Baboonery - 28-11-2007, 12:19 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - robwinton - 28-11-2007, 01:55 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - Londondrz - 28-11-2007, 10:31 AM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - TomJames - 28-11-2007, 11:08 AM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - robwinton - 28-11-2007, 11:24 AM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - bigjulie - 28-11-2007, 11:34 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - robwinton - 28-11-2007, 11:42 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - roz - 28-11-2007, 04:13 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - Baboonery - 28-11-2007, 05:05 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - Baboonery - 29-11-2007 10:04 AM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - roz - 07-12-2007, 04:55 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - Sherwood - 28-11-2007, 05:37 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - Sherwood - 28-11-2007, 05:41 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - Sherwood - 07-12-2007, 06:54 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - roz - 07-12-2007, 08:52 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - Sherwood - 07-12-2007, 10:05 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - Mrjamon - 22-12-2007, 02:17 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - Akhnaten - 06-01-2008, 10:39 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - roz - 06-01-2008, 10:51 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - Sherwood - 22-12-2007, 08:34 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - baggydave - 30-12-2007, 02:50 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - roz - 02-01-2008, 05:04 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - TomJames - 03-01-2008, 10:44 AM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - Londondrz - 03-01-2008, 03:58 PM
RE: Water on Honor Oak Road - TomJames - 03-01-2008, 05:21 PM
RE: Water Supply - andrewr - 30-03-2009, 04:01 PM
RE: Water Supply - jeh - 30-03-2009, 05:58 PM
RE: Water Supply - Moschops - 31-03-2009, 01:45 AM
RE: Water Supply Problems - Happysnapper - 05-01-2010, 12:33 PM
RE: Water Supply Problems - Elizabeth25 - 05-01-2010, 01:33 PM
RE: Water Supply Problems - ketan - 05-01-2010, 04:08 PM
RE: Water Supply Problems - DaisyBlue - 05-01-2010, 10:20 PM
RE: Water Supply Problems - AMFM - 06-01-2010, 10:23 AM
RE: Water Supply Problems - ketan - 06-01-2010, 10:24 AM
RE: Water Supply Problems - eastofthetrack - 06-01-2010, 11:00 AM
White Tap Water - Londondrz - 15-05-2008, 12:53 PM
RE: White water - jalapeno - 15-05-2008, 01:12 PM
RE: White water - Johnc - 15-05-2008, 01:19 PM
RE: White tap water - johnniek - 15-05-2008, 01:29 PM
RE: White tap water - Baboonery - 15-05-2008, 02:28 PM
RE: White tap water - Sherwood - 15-05-2008, 03:06 PM
RE: White tap water - jalapeno - 15-05-2008, 03:32 PM
RE: White tap water - Snazy - 15-05-2008, 04:43 PM
RE: White tap water - Londondrz - 15-05-2008, 06:12 PM
RE: White tap water - multisync - 16-05-2008, 12:48 PM
RE: White tap water - Ghis - 16-05-2008, 12:55 PM
RE: White tap water - billham - 16-05-2008, 10:25 PM
RE: White tap water - sue - 19-05-2008, 05:37 PM
RE: White tap water - ontheedge - 19-05-2008, 07:24 PM
RE: White tap water - Baboonery - 19-05-2008, 07:31 PM
RE: White tap water - petersutton01 - 21-05-2008, 05:00 AM
RE: White tap water - Sherwood - 21-05-2008, 11:56 AM
RE: White tap water - Ooperlooper - 31-05-2008, 09:16 PM
RE: White tap water - Sherwood - 31-05-2008, 09:18 PM
RE: White tap water - Perryman - 02-06-2008, 10:55 AM
Burst water main on Perry Rise - eddy - 03-01-2009, 11:02 AM
RE: White tap water - johnnyb7 - 23-03-2009, 01:30 PM
RE: White tap water - michael - 23-03-2009, 01:57 PM
RE: White tap water - Applespider - 23-03-2009, 04:57 PM
RE: White Tap Water - Baboonery - 23-03-2009, 05:34 PM
RE: White Tap Water - sue - 24-03-2009, 01:18 PM
RE: White Tap Water - oryx - 24-03-2009, 10:10 PM
RE: White Tap Water - michael - 24-03-2009, 10:46 PM
RE: White Tap Water - Satchers - 24-03-2009, 11:58 PM
RE: White Tap Water - Cidered - 25-03-2009, 09:31 AM
RE: White Tap Water - sue - 25-03-2009, 10:05 AM
RE: White Tap Water - Baboonery - 25-03-2009, 11:23 AM
Loss of water pressure - monika - 30-03-2009, 12:47 PM
RE: loss of water pressure - dbboy - 30-03-2009, 01:22 PM
RE: loss of water pressure - monika - 30-03-2009, 01:45 PM
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