[WWI] Accents, in general

[Steve Cox]

There’s at least three different accents in 100 miles

Steve

From: The Shannons <Shingend at ix.netcom.com>
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Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:34:47 -0600
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Subject: Re: [WWI] Accents, in general

Among the many tales my father tells is one about a trip he took to England
in the '70s.  He and his boss ended up having a couple of days at loose ends
and decided to get outside of London for a change.  Since my father is a
maritime buff and his boss was a beer connoisseur, they decided to take a
tour down through southern England and over to Portsmouth.
 
They rented a car and driver to take them, since they did not trusting
themselves not to drive on the wrong side of the road while figuring out
their route.  Anyway, they were out in the southeast somewhere between Dover
and Folkstone, but not along the coast nor taking the highways, and had been
looking at the hops farms and wanting to find a place where they could try
the local ale.  Only neither they nor their driver -- a Londoner, who my
father described as Cockney -- knew where they were or where would be a good
place.  Fortunately, they saw a traditional PC on his bicycle and stopped
and went back to him to get directions.  My father's boss did most of the
talking, and asked for a recommendation of a good inn and good pub.
 
The PC, obviously local, told them the name of an inn and started to tell
the driver how to get there.  The driver started looking perplexed and
turned to his passengers to ask them if they could make heads or tails of
the strange language coming from the PC.  The PC also appeared to not be
able to understand the driver's questions.  My father tapped the driver on
the shoulder and said, "It's OK, I've got it memorized," then thanked the PC
for them.
 
He has always found it strange that it took two Americans to translate for
two Englishman who probable lived no more that 100 miles apart.
 
Mark Shannon
shingend at ix.netcom.com
 
 
 
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> From: Steve Cox <mailto:steve at oldglebe.freeserve.co.uk>
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> "The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their
> children to speak it. . . . It is impossible for an Englishman to open his
> mouth, without making some other Englishman despise him."
> George Bernard Shaw
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