>>Fanny was quite common in Victorian times. On one of the lists I came >>across a marriage where a Mr Tickell had married a girl called Fanny. She must have thought a great deal of him to have agreed to change her name! Jim.<<< now look ere, yowm, doin this deliberate to set me off ay ya! Mellie How Come My Coat Of Arms Has Buckles At The Back?

I almost feel like ringing Mellie, Just to see how this language really sounds, problem being if I can't understand it typed there is no way I would understand it spoken. Cheers Karen Central Queensland Australia PS- Still waiting to hear about Casseys fish ---- Original Message ----- From: "Mellie" <chouikh2006@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [B.C.] First Name FANNY > >>Fanny was quite common in Victorian times. On one of the lists I came > >>across > a marriage where a Mr Tickell had married a girl called Fanny. She must have > thought a great deal of him to have agreed to change her name! > Jim.<<< > > now look ere, yowm, doin this deliberate to set me off ay ya! > Mellie > How Come My Coat Of Arms Has Buckles At The Back? > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > The B.C. List Admin is Dave Ogden :- > d.ogden@blueyonder.co.uk >

>>I almost feel like ringing Mellie, Just to see how this language really sounds, problem being if I can't understand it typed there is no way I would understand it spoken. Cheers Karen Central Queensland Australia PS- Still waiting to hear about Casseys fish<< you would be dissapointed LOL, I dont speak black country on the telephone or at work LOL but I do have a black country accent LOL the clue to "reading" black country is to say it as it sounds aka "tell it like it is" the black country way LOL when I write "black country "speak" (or spake as we say it LOL) I write it how it is pronounced.as in "you are" is spelt "yowm" becuase thats what we say LOL as in "you am" (yam yam LOL) there is nothing gramatically or politically correct in the black country, we dont care for it LOL, ses me having to deal with enquiries about the home office's latest campaign ("NO MEANS NO") launched today LOL Mellie How Come My Coat Of Arms Has Buckles At The Back?