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Like most non-Londoners I'm sick to the back teeth of the London bias in the media, the way bands from "the provinces" are even now treated as a novelty. Look at how Manchester bands have their quotes reported phonetically ("fookin' 'ell") as if any variation on Estuary English is some sort of bumpkin dialect.

Unfortunately the Urban dialects of Britain are all merging together, 'accent levelling,' and pretty soon we are all going to speak the same way, (slight exaggeration). So we should appreciate this phonetic delight while we can. You are right though. Everyone has their own distinct accent so why is it that London bands don't have their phrases represented phonetically. In fact while we're on the subject, I'm all for a phonetic alphabet. Thus we would never have any of these problems.

Did you know that to cook an octopus properly you have to open up its head take out some brain type thing and beat it against a rock 100 times, occassionally rubbing the goo round and round. ('Fish' Sophie Grigson). Doesn't that just put you off trying to cook them.

Bye, come on the boys!!!!!!!

Claire.

oops sorry folks, this is what I'm working on just now so sorry to bore you.

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