Nov. 25th, 2008

twincityhacker: hands in an overcoat's pockets (John Barrowman)
Reason #328 why it's good to be a John Barrowman fan:

Reading the chapter in Miriam Meyerhoff's Introducing Sociolinguistics on Language attitudes, and reading a very familiar example. There was an anecdotal story in Scotland of a toddler who was living there with his non-Scottish parents, who when dropped off at nursery started a chant of "Book, book, book!" In the beginning of the chant, it was [bʊɘk] and ended the chant with [buk].

And the reaction? Bitch, please. = D

PS: Whoever created this apple and cherry filling for this pie is a genius.

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