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Oh, the high-larious differences between British and North American English…


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Joey deVilla

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  • Based on the area code (0161), that's somewhere in Manchester. I'm from Manchester, and I can tell you with 99% certainty that the people who wrote that slogan knew exactly what it means.

  • That is indeed in Manchester. Just off the Princess Parkway, opposite Nell Lane and Withington Hospital. It is almost a claim hotly disputed by one of my colleagues.

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