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From: (Alex Maxwell Findlater)
Subject: Re: CP Addition: Richard Pole's 1st marriage to Alice Stradling
Date: 10 Apr 2004 01:00:41 -0700
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I offer this to you to explain the confusion between Pole and Poole;
Pole is the standard modern spelling, while Poole is the phonetic
spelling.

I used to live in Suffolk and work in Norfolk. At one time I had
dealings with a garage in Fakenham, through which I discovered that
they sold Roovers. On further investigating it became clear that
these were cars of the marque ROVER, which uses that wonderful viking
ship as a badge.

When I first went to north Norfolk, I found the accent very difficult
to understand, quite as thick as Glaswegian to my untutored ear.
However, after a few weeks, I became adept and can therefore give you
this little piece of further information.

In Norfolk, if a thing is skew-whiff, ie not quite at right angles, it
is said to be on the sosh, however, if it's only a little bit on the
sosh, it's said to be on the huh, as in uh-huh, which is what I
imagine you to be thinking as you read this.

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