On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 22:22:24 -0800, "Harry Crun"
<HCRUNMAPSON@charter.net> wrote:

>
>"JJD" <jefdrab@newsguy.com> wrote in message
>news:n48nvvc5nrtdqprqhuigiklmcl94kudpfn@4ax.com...
>> On 07 Jan 2004 13:18:24 +0900, Ian J Cottee <ian@cottee.org> wrote:
>>
>> >JJD <jefdrab@newsguy.com> writes:
>> >
>> >> >>And scones.  Don't forget the scones.
>> >> >
>> >> >Would you provide a pronounciation guide for the foreign johnnies,
>> >> >Jeff? There's a good chap.
>> >>
>> >> What, and provide them with one of the ultimate clues to Britishness?
>> >> I should jolly well think not.  Foreign johnnies must learn their
>> >> place.
>> >
>> >It's not a guide to Britishness - it's a guide to sort out those that
>> >come from the south and those that come from the other bit with the good
>> >football teams (with apologies to Spitting Image). Which reminds me
>> >(getting back to the merkins) of an incident related to me by my friend's
>> >wife back in the UK.
>> >
>> >She was a professional flutist and decent pianist and was playing
>> >accompanying music at some auditions for a West End musical. An American
>> >girl came on stage and sang the Gershwins' "Let's call the whole thing
>> >off" (You like potato and I like potahto, you like tomato and I like
>> >tomahto etc). She sang the song flawlessly with one small exception -
>> >she used the American pronounciations everytime, rather missing the
>> >point of the whole song. She was somewhat confused as to why everyone
>> >burst into laughter at the end.
>> >
>> >Not in touch any longer so no way to gain more info on the
>> >incident. However, it made me smile when I heard it.
>>
>> Flautist.
>>
>Chelsea. Gunners.
>
St James.

You're in knip, so, Mornington Crescent!

JJD