Re: CHAT: Names, was: Re: Brithenig-heads

And wrote:
> John Cowan
> > It's my wife's sister's name.  Her father used to say:
> >
> >         I knew a little girl
> >         and her name was Ruth
> >         She lost her tooth
> >         in a telephone booth.
>
> I knew a little girl
> and her name was /ru:T/
> She lost her /tUT/
> in a telephone /bu:D/
>
> --at least I expect that's how Dan says it.
er, me? well, depends on the company I'm in. If I'm feeling quite "accenty",
something like:

U njIw @ lidl ge.l,
an e. neim wUz rIwT,
Si: lost e. tUT
in @ tel@fo@n bIwD.

e. represents the reversed small letter epsilon.

BTW, I'm not uneducated, I can talk "normally", it's just that I'm quite
attatched to my accent. The more people tell me to speak normally, the more
I exaggerate it- as my boyfriend has found out to his mild irritation. I
tell him; it's either Warwickshire or French and being a monoglot he goes
for Warwickshire, quelle dommage!

Dan

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Bengesko niamso.
Cursed German.
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Dan Morrison (http://www.geocities.com/yl_ruil/index.html)