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   From: ccaine@worldnet.att.net   
      
   "Chess One"  wrote in message   
   news:omBwi.1598$Df.691@trndny01...   
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   > "Conway Caine"  wrote in message   
   > news:XAiwi.35333$ax1.28225@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...   
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   >>>> Speaking of which, I've watched a couple of episodes of "The   
   >>>> Eastenders".   
   >>>> What language are they speaking? Certainly not English.   
   >>>> I had to use closed captions to follow the dialog.   
   >>>   
   >>> ROFL!   
   >>>   
   >>> Derived from East Saxon, friend. And then from some deliberation,   
   >>> obscured in a metropolis, so that communication should be somewhat   
   >>> clannish, rather than any universal modus.   
   >>   
   >> Reminds me of the Cant spoken by America's contingent of the Irish   
   >> Travelers.   
   >> No outsider can understand that dialect   
   >   
   > I think Mr. van Dyke was a famous drunk, and most of the time its a wonder   
   > he could be understood by anyone.   
   >   
   > Boston Irish have departed from the pure speech  and sound a bit   
   > like Suffolk folk: They can't pronounce 'r' at all, and most vowels are   
   > pronounced through the nose as 'a', in metallic twang. The sports team,   
   > the 'Celtics', is pronounced with a soft 'C', like Seltics.   
      
   Oh do go to South Boston, walk down Broadway, and make your pronouncement.   
   Ah gawd, I can promise you'll hear a brogue then alright.   
      ;=)   
      
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