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Writing Workshop: A655193 - Estuary English
Spiff Started conversation Oct 9, 2002
Entry: Estuary English - A655193
Author: Spaceman Spiff (MP) - AggGag Ish 42 - Our Final Answer! Out now in The Post! - U185155
After RP went down quite well, here is one on Estry Inglish to accompany it. 
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 9, 2002
The section "the coalescence of yod" is very confusing. Either I am totally misreading it or you have put a /y/ where you meant to put a /j/. This makes the rest of it incomprehensible.
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Trout Montague Posted Oct 9, 2002
Another fine epistle from the prolific space-cadet known as Spiff.
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Trout Montague Posted Oct 9, 2002
You seem to say this twice ...
but it can be heard in the House of Commons as well as being used by some of the members of the Lords. It can be heard on the BBC and it is well established among the business men in the City.
... dontcha?
... albeit phrased oh-so-slightly different the first time around.
Trout
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Trout Montague Posted Oct 9, 2002
Jude Law - does he speak EE or RP?
Old Spice (who's Australian) thinks he's a posh boy. I think he sounds like an oik.
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The French Connection Posted Oct 9, 2002
Hi Gnomon,
thanks for reading and commenting
I'm not sure i ever really understood the 'CoY' thing; sounds more like an episode of Conan the Barbarian to me!
I just lobbed this into the WW without rereading, so I'll need to read it myself before I can try to work out why you're right! 
back soon
spiff
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The French Connection Posted Oct 9, 2002
oops, sorry Dr M, not ignoring you, honest! 
likewise, need to reread my own entry! 
busy morning here in Strasbourg, on the job-hunting trail...
no... not 'on the job'! the '-hunting trail' part was non-negotiable!
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The French Connection Posted Oct 9, 2002
oops, I'm signed on as Francis! LOL
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Trout Montague Posted Oct 9, 2002
Do you have a number of IDs so you can commend your own entries.
(ting - big light-bulb smiley)
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Spiff Posted Oct 9, 2002
Nah, I've got a French mate here in Strazzer who i convinced to register. He hardly ever comes online, though. 
i turned over my French Connection page to him, on the basis that it would be cool to have it run by a legit Frog, but in reality i have taken to signing on as him and doing the updates myself.
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il viaggiatore Posted Oct 9, 2002
Hi spiff.
I'm sorry but WW is really not the place for writing of such high calibre.
I suggest you move this to PR.
Nothing personal.
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Spiff Posted Oct 9, 2002
ta, looks like I'm set to flood pr with amateur linguistics!
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 10, 2002
Fix the yod bit first, or I'll really give you hell!
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Spiff Posted Oct 10, 2002
looks like i'm in trub, then, cos i rashly stuck it straight in without changing yod all!
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Writing Workshop: A655193 - Estuary English
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- 5: Trout Montague (Oct 9, 2002)
- 6: The French Connection (Oct 9, 2002)
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