P.J. Denyer
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We're talking about Yuri Geller, how much do you think reality applies?
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UK - December 2019 General Election
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We're talking about Yuri Geller, how much do you think reality applies?
Ziggurat
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Yuri is a capricious and mercurial god, who toys with our fate for his own amusement.
Doghouse Reilly
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Uri, not Yuri.
bruto
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It probably doesn't matter anyway, because when the spoon bent, all the stuff fell out.
sphenisc
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The Russian political interference gets ever more devious.
commandlinegamer
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Rightly, or wrongly, everyone says it yoori.
Personally, I think it ought to be said oori, but on the other hand there's the actress Una Stubbs, which is definitely pronounced yoona.
I give up: what's the point of having consonants, if no-one will use (yuse?) them properly.
GrandMasterFox
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Apparently, it's not just a spoon with positive energy, it's also a spoon that belonged to Golda Meir.
Apparently, it's not just a spoon with positive energy, it's also a spoon that belonged to Golda Meir.
LondonJohn
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For the sake of resolution, his given name (which is the Hebrew word אורי and which takes the Israeli/Hebrew pronunciation) should indeed be pronounced "OO-ri" - but with the "oo" pronounced as in "took", rather than as in "tool".
Interestingly, the etymology of this name shows that it means "professional charlatan and nutcase"*
* This may not be strictly correct.....
Only in some English dialects.
Azrael 5
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Was good to see some tweets on this topic referencing Randi and Jonny Carson show.In fact most of tweets on the hastag Uri Geller were negative 
One strange reply to one of mine was "He went through a lot as a child leave him alone" No idea what that meant
One strange reply to one of mine was "He went through a lot as a child leave him alone" No idea what that meant
LondonJohn
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Yes - when I wrote that, I realised that in, for example, Blackburn, they'd pronounce the "oo" in "took" and "tool" pretty much identically as the longer "ooooo" sound.
I should have qualified my post with "in received-pronunciation British English" or something similar
P.J. Denyer
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Mea culpa.
Yes, four losses followed by three wins - if Jeremy Corbyn stays on, he'll lead Labour to three emphatic election victories
Gilbert Syndrome
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Yes, with this sort of activity from such a group, it's a complete mystery as to why Labour didn't clean up across the country.....
You ever heard of jokes, Old Mother Hubbard?
This city isn't daft enough to think folks like you will ever see the light, but there's nothing wrong with trying to cheer each other up before Boris slides himself inside us sans lube.Gilbert Syndrome
Philosopher
Pretty much, and people will continue to buy into it. A combination of desperation, naivety, ignorance... and for the longtime Conservative voters, plain out outright nonce-sense thinking.
Gilbert Syndrome
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To be honest, if I had to liken Boris to any type of utensil, a bent spoon would be my first choice.
Gilbert Syndrome
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As the Conservatives would have you believe, a spoonful of BS helps the medicine go down. Tally ho!
angrysoba
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It's not medicine that they're spoonfeeding us.
Gilbert Syndrome
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They'd have you believe it was, though.