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Vould you vant something vhimsical?

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June 20, 2010, 19:20
shufitz
Vould you vant something vhimsical?
From Anecdotes of the English language [etc.] by Samuel Pegge (1844):
June 20, 2010, 20:35
Geoff
Or, as the famous movie star waterfowl Greta Grebeo said, "I vant to be a loon!


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June 22, 2010, 03:29
arnie
That particular aspect of pronunciation in London seems to have died out in the 19th century. Dickens has some of his characters using it, but I've not come across it in any 20th century writing.


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