tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515467297591102258.post3376493426834217929..comments2024-03-25T07:17:25.688+00:00Comments on Painted signs and mosaics: Daren, Camberwell, and Hovis, TonbridgeSebastien Ardouinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07200799076446099559noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515467297591102258.post-63178488845739806172009-07-30T10:57:46.928+01:002009-07-30T10:57:46.928+01:00Thanks Sam. Since Hovis began advertsing on TV in ...Thanks Sam. Since Hovis began advertsing on TV in 1955, more and more people would have been aware of the proper pronounciation indeed, and that would have led to the disappearance of the tilde.Sebastien Ardouinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200799076446099559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515467297591102258.post-17849699537266328212009-07-29T13:18:35.243+01:002009-07-29T13:18:35.243+01:00I've heard that the little line above the '...I've heard that the little line above the 'O' in Hovis was introduced because of confusion over how to pronounce the name i.e. is it the 'O' of hover or the 'O' of wrote? I guess people were saying the former when the latter is actually correct.Sam Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362228029493703666noreply@blogger.com