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RE: Next time I hear some curmudgeonly old git ...
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'i mean, what were they thinking of? cow = landshark or something?'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:28:01 +0100
- Subject: RE: Next time I hear some curmudgeonly old git ...
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On 10 July 2007 19:25, Dave Korn wrote:
Oh, and BTW:
> They contacted the centre when they came across the field of cows and
> coastguard, police and ambulance crews were sent to the scene, a
> Hertfordshire County Council spokeswoman said.
Anyone not familiar with rural English accents might not understand why they
called out the coastguard to some people in the middle of a field on dry land,
but in a rather broad Hertfordshire accent, "coastguard" /would/ be pronounced
somewhat like "cowstgaard" ....
cheers,
DaveK
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