Linguistics Not entirely serious piece from The Morning News about faking accents to get yourself out of or into a jam. The British:"Actually Priscilla -- I mean, well, it's right polite to have us up and all but down at the pub see, well, Priscilla, it's not that I shouldn't but my mates and all, I mean, Bob's your uncle, love, or he's not and still -- no, sorry, yes I'm sorry -- but you don't mind much, but no of course, well gosh, silly me, yes -- well goddammit Priscilla why yes, yes, oh excellent."
Yes, that's exactly how I talk.
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Off topic, but congratulations on passing your course.
(The mechanic on those "goblin" learning course adverts gets his results, and they are addressed to Stuart Burns)
Fame at last ;)
I've noticed that! It's always interesting to see your name on the back of The Guardian guide almost every Saturday.
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