Poncal

[bi1 at soas.ac.uk]

Hi Willem
Yes that's the one.

I didn't realize it had got into print

Bruce

>
> Hi Bruce and all:
>
> Willem de Reuse here. Peter Trudgill told us the story about the man from
> Bristol with three daughters: Eva (Evil), Ida (Idle), and Norma (Normal).  But
> there must be more than one version to this. There is a reference to this one
> in J. C. Wells' Accents of English (1982:344).
>
> Best,
>
> Willem


Dr. Bruce Ingham
Reader in Arabic Linguistic Studies
SOAS