From: efor6920@bigpond.net.au   
      
   "Max"  wrote in message   
   news:aj64p3lrptsddnovacv4j071bhah0adil7@4ax.com...   
   > On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:16:13 -0000, "Col"    
   > wrote:   
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   >>   
   >>"Gavin"  wrote in message   
   >>news:1504p3hmtb7uo02agh3p66rv8r1rq3eoet@4ax.com...   
   >>> On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:26:06 +0000, Max  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>"Eye wun won".   
   >>>   
   >>> This made me think about "tongue". Why do some people (maybe most   
   >>> people for all I know) pronounce it "Tung"? I pronounce it "Tong".   
   >>   
   >>I certainly pronounce it 'tung'.   
   >   
   > Yeah, me too.   
   >   
   > I think this is all down to regional variations.   
   >   
   > Max   
      
   while we are on the topic of english, colloquilisms and regional   
   peculiarities generally   
      
   can someone please tell me why liverpudlians are often referred to as   
   scousers, most of the slang terms for the different cities and counties are   
   so logical as to be bordering on the obvious, even to an ausie like me, but   
   this one seems to come out of nowhere so i'm wondering if anyone could   
   please explain it.   
      
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