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Thread #71823   Message #1232394
Posted By: Richard Bridge
23-Jul-04 - 03:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: Translation from the British
Subject: RE: BS: Translation from the British
No, it's not "British English" because there are overtones that are specifically home counties or estuarine.

I think court shoes are supposed to have some but not too much heel, but a thick-ish heel, not tapered too much, nor reverse tapered.