[BITList] Accent snobs, etc

[Michael Feltham]

Hugh,

Re the Danish words, it probably is better said with a Dram inside and  
the next one in your hand !

Mike
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On 04/10/2013, at 7:48 PM, HUGH wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Never mind bruschetta, though it's better than pizza, and you can  
> keep your "braw bricht moonlicht nicht, the nicht." How about this  
> one - rød grøde med fløde? The only consonants pronounced as such  
> are "g", "m" and "f". The Danish Resistance used it as a shibboleth  
> in WW2.  Not one of the four words is pronounced anything like as  
> written. It means red gruel with cream. I can do a laboured version  
> of it, but not at normal speed with a gun at my head.
>
> Hugh.
>
>
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