occasional observations on English pronunciation features, phonetics, teaching and learning
Thursday, 31 May 2012
Northernmost
credit: Szilagyi Lenke
The northernmost point from which a reader had/has access to my blog lies somewhere in or around Finnsnes in Norway. The town lies at a latitude of 69 degrees north.
In the 1980s I had an encounter of the third kind with a car park cashier in Newcastle. When I asked him at which shops I could get the parking fee refunded, he opened his mouth and a torrent of sounds came out of it of which I understood nothing - nada - niente. As there was no interpreter around and as he didn't provide any subtitles, I still don't know what the gentleman tried to tell me. That was enough for ME.
My recent time in Newcastle was north enough for me.
ReplyDeleteIn the 1980s I had an encounter of the third kind with a car park cashier in Newcastle. When I asked him at which shops I could get the parking fee refunded, he opened his mouth and a torrent of sounds came out of it of which I understood nothing - nada - niente. As there was no interpreter around and as he didn't provide any subtitles, I still don't know what the gentleman tried to tell me. That was enough for ME.
DeleteI suppose that's the advantage of artificial English over real English.
DeleteYou have some Arctic followers in Alaska too.
Sidney: Yes, they are from Fairbanks, which is 64 degrees northern latitude.
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