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Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 24 Feb 2008 00:29

Glad to be of service Rose.......life's too short to be miserable :O) x

Catherine.......wish someone would!!

Alko

Alko Report 24 Feb 2008 00:30

My grammar is fine cos i speak the queens english and i'm royalty. LOL

Alko

Alko Report 24 Feb 2008 00:32

Anyway, what happened to the thread? Did Ann delete it or GR

ButtercupFields

ButtercupFields Report 24 Feb 2008 00:34

Was it Ann? Thought it was AW or summat....

Catherine from Manchester

Catherine from Manchester Report 24 Feb 2008 00:34

Mick I'm sure along the thames and southern parts of england it is still spoken.

Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 24 Feb 2008 00:35

That's easy for you to say!! ;O)

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 24 Feb 2008 00:36

Linda no.....would of been Annie.......

Yes Catherine, Rosie Puss and I may be dylexic but we can still spell wum...can't we.eh...lol

Anyway I was just about to telly Annie that there used to be an old respected ...think thats how it went member whom used to get her theres and theirs right mixed up she did...pmsl....

ButtercupFields

ButtercupFields Report 24 Feb 2008 00:37

...so she did.....

Alko

Alko Report 24 Feb 2008 00:39

I'm in southern England and dont know anything about Estuary Grammar. It probably sunk in the Thames. Not clever am I?

Libby

Libby Report 24 Feb 2008 00:39

Know I'm probably thick but wot (oops) language is Estuary?

X Lairy- Fairy

X Lairy- Fairy Report 24 Feb 2008 00:39

Hayley lol
night hun and sweet dreams everyone
Rosexxx

Catherine from Manchester

Catherine from Manchester Report 24 Feb 2008 00:44

'Estuary English' is a variety of modified regional speech. It is a mixture of non-regional and local south-eastern English pronunciation and intonation.
A kind of middle ground speech.

So you can get a word like face and it will be spelt feis or fais.

Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 24 Feb 2008 00:47

Well I'm definitely orf to ma baid now lol so i'll say night,night everybody,pleasant dreams
Mau xxx :O)

Alko

Alko Report 24 Feb 2008 00:47

Libby, got no idea really. Think its all about muddy rivers and dirty water. Boats stranded etc

Catherine from Manchester

Catherine from Manchester Report 24 Feb 2008 00:48

lol Alcopahuntas
yes maybe your correct
c
xx

ButtercupFields

ButtercupFields Report 24 Feb 2008 00:48

Night Mau...I am off too (again!) XX BC

Libby

Libby Report 24 Feb 2008 00:50

Thanks Mick & Catherine. Just shows - never too old to learn, even at 50?? and a Scouser to boot. lol

Alko

Alko Report 24 Feb 2008 01:21

Googled estuary grammar out of curiousity (not because i'm stupid lol) and i couldnt get my head round it. Think its all slang or something similiar, too tired to read it so i bid you alll a goodnite xxxx