A Conversation for Estuary English
Estry Englsh, innit?
Otto Fisch ("Stop analysing Strava.... and cut your hedge") Started conversation Oct 8, 2002
Alwight, ow's it gahn?
"Th-fronting describes what happens in words like ‘brother’ or ‘rather’ which are pronounced ‘bruvver’ and ‘ravver’ respectively.
Nah, nah, It ain't 'ravver', it's 'rarva'.
Sweet.
(I wonder if the Thatcher years and the new yuppies caused the spread of London pronounciation into the surrounding counties...)
Otto
Estry Englsh, innit?
Otto Fisch ("Stop analysing Strava.... and cut your hedge") Posted Oct 8, 2002
oh yeah, annuva name fer estry Englsh is "mockney" - or is vat summink else?
Otto
Whose brother speaks without the aid of consenants
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