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693.1 | | TOPDOC::SLOANE | Opportunity knocks softly | Tue Jul 11 1989 23:16 | 5 |
| One.
Unless you've got a heavy southern drawl.
Bruce
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693.2 | | LAMHRA::WHORLOW | 1:25000 - a magic number | Wed Jul 12 1989 14:15 | 5 |
| ....or using both hands :-)
djw
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693.3 | Bisyllabism roo-ulls | WELSWS::MANNION | | Fri Jul 14 1989 12:37 | 7 |
| It's two syllables in Manchester: fee-ull.
So is school: skoo-ull
But my name only has one: Flip
Phillip
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693.4 | While we're up North .. | CLARID::BELL | David Bell, ASD Program Office, VBO | Mon Jul 17 1989 12:40 | 5 |
| I think my favourite Manchester (UK) word has got to be either
bokkle -- glass container for liquids, or
hospikul -- place to treat ill people
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693.5 | Rounding off the sharp bits... | IOSG::ROBERTS | Richard, Developer/UI Specialist | Tue Jul 18 1989 11:03 | 13 |
| .... while up in North Yorkshire some of us don't bother with 'l's at all:
bokkoow - "bottle"
And even the odd 't' becomes surplus to requirements;
wiyaow - "without"
Hmm. Vive le glottal stop!
R|tch^d
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