Sinister: Maybe it's because I'm not a Londoner

[Claire Timmins]

> Tag ranted..
>
>>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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