Don Mathis wrote:
>
> At 06:57 PM 8/28/97 +0000, you wrote:
> >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.
> >
> I lived in Birmingham in 71-72. My wife and I lived between Kings Heath and
> Mosely. We lived above Smith's auto accessory store at Greenhill Rd.and
> Mosely Lane. I seemed to be able to understand the local accent better after
> downing several pints of Woodpecker's Buhlmer cider!
>
> Cheers-
>
> Don Mathis,Ph.D.
> donmathis@lucent.com
> '61 MGA
> '37 Derby Bentley (B190KT)
Ah, but did you remember it all the next day?!
PaulH, now in Solihull (the posh place where one gets out of the bath to ...
well,
never mind).
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