Howard said:
>>(Ecclesbourne School, Duffield - where they do say Daffield!)<<
Oh!, my Gawd Howard! Daffield! 'Twas were all the posh uns went to school.
Interestingly, Duffield, if I remember correctly holds some very interesting
archaeology.
Trevor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Sprenger" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: Sough
> Margaret said:
>>>At grammar school we had an English teacher (from the south) who said
>>>that all Derbyshire people were born with a "plum" in their mouths, i.e.
>>>spoke with a broad "u", and it was her mission in life to iron this broad
>>>(i.e. northern) sound from our speech. I think she succeeded with some
>>>of us.<<
>
> She should have been shot for trying!
>
>> Hi Margaret, as an ex Derby and Bonsall laddie, who has spent the last 40
>> years in the south, your teacher would have failed in her mission with
>> me!
>
> And me.
>
> For anyone still not sure, I think "push" has the correct degree of
> u-ness, wherever you come from.
>
>> I went to Derby Central Technical Grammer School in Darley Park. Where
>> were you - Parkfield Cedars?
>
> (She was - we've been reminiscing offlist)
>
> Howard.
> (Ecclesbourne School, Duffield - where they do say Daffield!)
>
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