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Thread #171653   Message #4153163
Posted By: John MacKenzie
20-Sep-22 - 01:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Falling Standards in BBC Pronunciation
Subject: RE: BS: Falling Standards in BBC Pronunciation
"When my parents moved from Sunderland to Cleethorpes in 1930 the locals thought she was Scottish !!. Especially when she asked for Scallions in stead of Spring Onions . If any of my friends remarked that my Dad was a Geordie he never bothered to correct them.
Charlie (semi-mackem) "
Shows what they know Charlie, up here we call them syboes, pronounced sybies :)