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Re: mgs@autox.team.net digest #89 Wed Aug 20 10:11:36 MDT 1997 (??)

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Subject: Re: mgs@autox.team.net digest #89 Wed Aug 20 10:11:36 MDT 1997 (??)
From: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 18:57:12 +0000
From: Mike Lishego

> Today, I noticed that MOWOG backwards is "GOWOM."  If you say GOWOM fast
> enough, it almost sounds like "go home" with an English accent...

Not just an English accent, but a Brummie (Birmingham) one.  I worked in the
area for a number of years and considered myself familiar with the many local
accents and dialects, till I met a friend's mother.  I couldn't understand a
word she said.  A more recent example was the overheard question "Wy wor Bungy
pook?"  This translates to "Why wasn't Bungy (a football player) picked (for
the team)?".

PaulH.


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