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Thread #124681   Message #2756409
Posted By: Jos
31-Oct-09 - 05:00 AM
Thread Name: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
Subject: RE: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
That intrusive R in 'Cuber' and 'Alabamer' will be familiar to fans of the BBC's 'The Archers', in which Eddie Grundy refers to his son's partner Emma as 'Emmer' - he is supposed to come from the area east of Birmingham, though other characters from the same area have a variety of accents.