16-Mar-2003, 09:29 PM
The last time I came home people who didn't know I was Lancashire thought I was South African -so there you go - and I've been here so long that I confuse Lancashire and Yorkshire dialects.It can't get worse than that.
In the 40's it was common at grammar school for teachers to try to neutralise our accents with constant recital of poetry and lots of vowel sounds.Very painful.I can still remember a lot of it.Plus the elocution type lines like "Seven silver swans swimming in the Severn" etc.
Anyway St Patrick's Day today a bit before yours so to any Irish folk a happy day.
On this day in 1964 Gracie Fields was in a taxi here coming from the Airport for a visit when the driver sang a bit of the Maori Farewell song and she learned it and sang it many times.'Now is the hour'
A bit of trivia on the radio this morning that I thought I would share.Gracie is my favourite of all time.
Off the topic -sorry Martin.
In the 40's it was common at grammar school for teachers to try to neutralise our accents with constant recital of poetry and lots of vowel sounds.Very painful.I can still remember a lot of it.Plus the elocution type lines like "Seven silver swans swimming in the Severn" etc.
Anyway St Patrick's Day today a bit before yours so to any Irish folk a happy day.
On this day in 1964 Gracie Fields was in a taxi here coming from the Airport for a visit when the driver sang a bit of the Maori Farewell song and she learned it and sang it many times.'Now is the hour'
A bit of trivia on the radio this morning that I thought I would share.Gracie is my favourite of all time.
Off the topic -sorry Martin.