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Thread #25235   Message #295545
Posted By: Albatross
12-Sep-00 - 05:51 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mangling the English Language
Subject: RE: BS: Mangling the English Language
Quite a few people say 'Chimley' instead of 'Chimney', not quite figured out why.

In norfolk it's not uncommon to hear 'Whatfor hint you' meaning why havn't you. It may actually be quite old this, as it is not to different from the scandinavian 'Hvorfor ikke' or 'hvorfor inte' some remnant from the viking days perhaps. An equivalent to why is not used in scandinavian but instead they use hvorfor (what for or where for). 'wherefore art thou Romeo' in Norwegian would be 'hvor er du Romeo'. Oh aren't languages fun!