My (hopefully less contentious) random thoughts for today!!

And Warwick is War-ick unless you're American (like my Sister- in-law) and definitely know best

Don't know where that puts Scots, Irish and Welsh....

Perhaps we should talk Englandian?

Or should that be Norish, Italish

Franceish, Norwayish, Italyish. interesting thought.

That's interesting Juliette I've always thought Beswick sounded wrong. Obviously the locals know best

I've always wondered why as in England we speak English, why don't people in Iceland speak Icelish?
I do like a random thought!

rosequartz here in the potteries Beswick has always been pronounced Beswick only on TV is it Bes-ick.
I have a quilt cover which has a sort of envelope end so no poppers etc. easy to take off and put on.

In the Shetland series on TV, some of the characters pronounced Lerwick as Ler- ick.

Do you need us to come and rescue you Katek?

And Beswick china is Bes-ick
and Mousehole is Mowzul (but that's just to confuse the emmets) but Crafthole is Crafthole (as far as I know, but someone who is true Cornish and not Devon may correct me)

They used to have tapes to tie. The poppers tend to melt in tumble dryers so maybe that's why they went out of fashion.
No idea about Berwick/Lerwick

I also have poppers and one with buttons and yes its fiddly but I did find some of the poppers get damaged in the machine and then won't 'pop' together...

Katek maybe its all to do with local dialects why similar spellings sound so different, I'm sure someone will know the real reasons.

I have poppers on my duvet covers except one which is buttoned and I avoid it like the plague because it is fiddly. Velcro I think would wear away with frequent washing and zips can become stuck and be a right pain I find. I agree that there has to be an easier way.