Hampshire pronunciation
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Enjoy this well-known Hampshire limerick
There was a young curate of Salisbury
Whose manners were quite Halisbury-Scalisbury
He wandered round Hampshire
Without any pampshire
Till the Vicar compelled him to Walisbury
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Salisbury, just over the county border in Wiltshire, is often known by its old name of Sarum
Hampshire, on the other hand, is frequently abbreviated in speech and writing to Hants
It may make more sense on a second reading!