“I’m hoping for directions from the Slough of Despond”
– Whiteness Thy Name Is Meltonian
So… what do we know about the Slough of Despond?
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“I’m hoping for directions from the Slough of Despond”
– Whiteness Thy Name Is Meltonian
So… what do we know about the Slough of Despond?
this leaden paul
Crops up in a Cradle of Filth (q.v.) lyric.
24 November 2016
gok WAN AcOLYTE
Looking at that quote from the Pilgrim’s Progress, “Cradle of Filth” might be an alternative name for it.
24 November 2016
hendrix-tattoo
Slough causes problems because it’s pronounced different ways, depending on meaning. Slough pronounced sluff is the term for shedding skin, like snakes do. Slough meaning wet, swampy ground can be pronounced either sloo or slou (rhymes with cow).
24 November 2016
dickhead in quicksand
ICI Paints used to be based there. UK head office of McAfee Bloatware and of Burger King.
24 November 2016