h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Samantha Fox - she's Laahndn, but not necessarily cockney. That defines her as EE, I suppose.

Who *is* Jude Law anyway?

He was the fellow in Gattaca who lent his identity to the DNA-defective Ethan Hawke so the latter could get on a spaceship.

Also, he was some sort of an android in yet another atrociously sentimental Stephen Spielberg film - AI - that had all the makings of a good film until Spielberg obviously couldn't think of an ending.

He's also married to Sadie Frost ... maybe - that's hearsay.

Trout

oh... er... for the , btw!

now - i was thinking that there may be need for some clarification of this whole 'cockney' issue...

and i've just spotted this on the East End of London - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A513596

which though i haven't read in full, looks rather good.

and this on London which i haven't even looked at yet - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A4186

and this on cockney rhyming, but i don't like it much - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A649

and this is The Slang Crossroads, totally off topic (well, nearly) but that i want to remember - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A222283

A4186 needs a lot of work.

Dartford was never a resort, Gravesend, some 6 miles further east was though. There's even a beach.

Here's a UCL linguistics page that gives the complete low-down! - http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/estuary/home.htm