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From: "Anny Ballardini" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: the emperor's portfolio
bermingum, he he he...
i bet you didn't even move... he he he
and if you were in newo'leens they would say bAmmin'AAm
Yes, Anny, I like it!
There are some phonetic transcriptions by Boswell of how the Lichfield born
Dr Johnson spoke (this was a man who used to regularly walk the twelve miles
into Brum btw, imagine anyone wanting to do that!) and he sounded, well,
just loike mee, y'know.
In Leicester, where I have lived for the past 14 years, I am still
considered a foreigner, despite the fact that it's but 50 miles away,
yesterday the local football team were hosts to Wolverhampton Wanderers and
I was several times cautioned to not speak to loud in public in case I was
mistaken for a Wolves supporter. Now the worst insult you can give a Brummie
is to confuse one with a Wulfronian.
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
Leicester, England
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