John Alexander Blyth wrote:
>
> I know someone from Leeds, with whom I was speaking only minutes ago. He
> does this - he can't help it. It's not hugely exagerrated as in Wodney wode
> the woyal woad, but it's there. Anecdotal vs. statistical.
Hold on - I wonder if we're talking at cross purposes here: did your
original post have a typo and intend to say that the affectation was to
substitute the R consonant with a w, not the V, which is what it
actually said? That would be very common indeed, but it's a speech
impediment and a habit of children - and a source of ribald humour in
one scene in Python's "Life of Brian" (one which I had better not
elaborate on here) ;^)
cheers,
Linda
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