"JJD" <jefdrab@newsguy.com> wrote
>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.

On the one hand you *won't* provide a 'pronounciation' guide, but...

> >She was a professional flutist and decent pianist and was playing
> >accompanying music at some auditions for a West End musical.

> Flautist.

you jump right in with a spelling guide! Bad form old chap!

Cheers,  Helen
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