Bob Eager wrote:

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:53:13 UTC, "IMM" wrote:


The problem with the UK the power base is in the south east of England.
Southerners generally look more to France than north of Northampton. In the
Times a few years back they had an article about why the south east people
speak with a sort of lisp. The "r's" inserted into words, such as, charnce,
darnce, when they are chance and dance (save the larst darnce for me sounds
odd when sung). In the 1700s a French King had a lisp, so people would copy
his lips to indicate they were well connected.


Yeth.

You mean 'bollockth' really, don't yew.