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I despair (take 2 ...) OT
On 01/05/2014 19:19,
lid wrote:
In message ,
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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