david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh god Mockney, that site (and ones that it links > to) are going to keep me distracted for ages. Sad, > I know, but I love this stuff. > > As for my own embaressment I have a habit of > calling an umbrella an um-ber-rella and saying > Mon-dee, Tues-dee etc rather than Mon-day, > Tues-day etc Interesting word 'Umbrella'! The Spanish call it a Paraqua (possibly not spelt correctly) which translated means 'for water'. Umbrella..............what's that all about?