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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