Re: Subtitutes for English /T/ and /D/

"Dominic Bojarski" <dominicbojarski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

... It stands out like a sore thumb. I remember watching Ali
G. with some friends in the States. One of them asked what a "bovva"
was. We concluded that is was a simply some slang word. None of us
figured out that it meant "bother".

The normal spelling is 'bovver', as in 'bovver boy', or, "It's a lot less bovver than an 'ovver," meaning 'It's a lot less bother than a hover', a slogan in the British lawnmower wars. (John Lawler 2 will like the co-ordinating drop of the /h/.)

Richard.

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