British emigrant things: I don't even know whether Spud U like exists any more.

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nostr:npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3 I wouldn't like to say a definite no, but there certainly isn't one in central Newcastle and hasn't been for many a long year.

nostr:npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3 I remember looking to see if they existed a few years ago, and they were only in food courts in big shopping centres, IIRC. But whenever I see the name I remember Victoria Wood's line "she was posh, so she pronounced it spud-oo-lick-ay"

nostr:npub1hpcdfjpxrawnmu6ryh36ce7xu4qd54pu6xca394yhvmyzlery0tqvghjn3 Long time since I've seen a Spudulike -- which my mother once pronounced, uncomprehending what it was, as a Greek name -- spud-oo-lik-ay