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"Mike M" wrote in message
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Heather wrote:
Lordy, is that "Bow Bells"???? We have allowed the odd (emphasis on
ODD) Cockney into this country, but no one can understand them, so
they are sent to night school to learn English as a Second
Language...............ROFL!!!!!
There's often confusion about what is a Cockney. "Technically" to be a
Cockney one has to be born "within the sound of Bow Bells", however the
Bow Bells are those of St Mary le Bow in Cheapside which is not in Bow nor
in the east end of London but instead quite near to St Pauls in the City
although today many think that being born in the east end of London means
that they are a cockney. As it happens both of my parents were born in
the London Borough of Holborn less than a mile from St Mary Le Bow (not
that they met until nearly 30 years later and many miles from Holborn) so
technically both were cockneys however neither spoke with either a cockney
or east end accent.
Somewhat confusing to an outsider but, nevertheless, believable g.
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Mike
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