Nothing to do with piping, but the locals pronounce Bath as Baath. It's
a quite different sound from what it is in RP!
Dru
On 19 Apr 2009, at 09:37, Richard York wrote:
To reveal myself as a Softie Southerner who probably pronounces Bath
as Barth and thinks there are only wolves & polar be
Thanks Colin,
I wondered if it was a straightforward as that, it was the "cut & dry"
bit which for some reason sounded like something more may be intended.
We even had corn dollies this far down towards the equator! And the
practice of making them from the last few stalks standing, so that the
Dear Richard,
A corn dolly is something to do with the harvest that is made with
corn stalks. All sorts of original and traditional designs have been
made either as fertility symbols or to be worn on the lapel to show you
were available for hire as a farm worker or were hired. The term 'cut
and d
