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On 01/05/2014 19:19, lid wrote:
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newshound writes
On 27/04/2014 16:49, The Natural Philosopher wrote:


Its actually a sign of certain language speakers not native to England
having a real problem..I remember the hoots of laughter trying to get my
sisters french au pair to say 'squirrel' it always came out skirrel'.

Try getting a Dutchman to pronounce "Ruislip"


Or an Englishman to pronounce "Cuijk" :-)

Or a northerner to pronounce Wrothem Road, Meopham.

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