Talk:Hertford

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[edit] Deep Purple

"This is a common misconception. They were formed in Hereford."

Really? The link that was provided (to AllMusic.com) states that they actually do indeed come from Hertford. In any case, I have removed the above phrase from the article, as it belongs on this talk page.

[edit] pronunciation

The so-called standard pronunciation is unhelpful since phonetic script isn't used. It would be very strange in modern south-eastern English to pronounce either of the Rs. The so-called local pronunciation in IPA is useful, though "local" may here be used to mean "working class". The RP for the word would be similar to the so-called local prounciation, though the aitch would not be dropped. Pronouncing the t as /t/ (rather than the glottal stop shown in the local pronunciation) would sound pretentious.

[edit] Chain stores

Para 5 listed a number of supermarkets and chain stores that are situated in the town, with a parenthetical comment after each indicating the market it supposedly caters to (eg Waitrose (upmarket)). This seems to me to be opinionated and probably worthless, if it's really thought necessary to explain such well-known companies' ethos then simply linking through to their individual pages would be better. --Lost tourist 17:58, 27 September 2006 (UTC)