WITH dialects being mentioned recently, I am reminded of a former neighbour whom I overheard say to his wife: "Sista, sista at mooglety, Alice." (Look, look at the moon, Alice), to which she replied "Wilta talk proplety, Jem." (Will you talk properly Jim).
I don't know where they were from. Their 18-month-old grandchild, having seen me with a screwdriver, said: "Yat dat Paw?" (What's that for)?
Do you think he was influenced.
BILL AUSTIN, Bute Road,
Blackburn.
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