[BITList] Fwd: PAUL'S forthcoming WEDDING

[HUGH]

Mike,

Jokes lose much in the translation.  My wife (Hugh, is that supposed to be 
funny? Do they get paid for that?) always has to have Monty Python 
translated for her. However, here goes.  In demotic Scots, "tartan" is 
pronounced "tar'an", the glo'al stop having been brought north by Cockney 
immigrants fleeing association with Eastenders.  And "tart" can often be 
said as "tar' ", ie, a glo'al stop at the end (hard to achieve by non 
natives).  So, that's another good joke spoiled for ever.

Hugh.