London Word Associations?
Dec 6th, 2011, 10:47 PM
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>> ("Any old iron? Scrap, rags, old iron" was what the rag and bone man sang along our back entry once a month.)<<
They must have given them elocution lessons round your way. In my childhood it was more like "Eh-rah-boo-ahn!!!"
And as for the paper sellers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0JK1aAnlhE
They must have given them elocution lessons round your way. In my childhood it was more like "Eh-rah-boo-ahn!!!"
And as for the paper sellers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0JK1aAnlhE
Dec 7th, 2011, 08:44 AM
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"They must have given them elocution lessons round your way"
Nope. Just natural Scouse survival instinct.
Target audience is 1950s Liverpool housewives, in their back kitchens, doing the delph, strangling the ferret or offering "how to be a pop music superstar" tutorials to the kid next door. If they can't hear you properly, they'll assume you're rozzers trying to nick their neighbour.
Instead of offering the cardies they stole from Lewis's yesterday, they'll all be chucking the nightsoil at you from the back bedroom window.
Nope. Just natural Scouse survival instinct.
Target audience is 1950s Liverpool housewives, in their back kitchens, doing the delph, strangling the ferret or offering "how to be a pop music superstar" tutorials to the kid next door. If they can't hear you properly, they'll assume you're rozzers trying to nick their neighbour.
Instead of offering the cardies they stole from Lewis's yesterday, they'll all be chucking the nightsoil at you from the back bedroom window.
Dec 7th, 2011, 11:37 PM
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>>Instead of offering the cardies they stole from Lewis's yesterday, they'll all be chucking the nightsoil at you from the back bedroom window.<<
Admit it, you're Boris Johnson really, aren't you?
Admit it, you're Boris Johnson really, aren't you?
