Re: "us" for "me" and "f" for "th" in the UK

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:58:58 -0700 (PDT), Marc
<marc.adler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:dde4a941-ad58-486d-9e9a-762cea2ee57b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
in sci.lang:

Why do the Brits use "us" instead of "me" in informal
speech? [...]

Ditto "f" for "th" (especially in London).

That's a rather common substitution, especially
word-finally, by no means limited to England, let alone
London.

Brian
.

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