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

Harry C.