Posted by Ian E-N on September 16, 1999 at 11:13:48 from 148.88.145.178 via proxy halifax.lancs.ac.uk:
In Reply to: Re: S & A audio version posted by Beck on September 16, 1999 at 06:38:14:
>I like the idea that an accent can still be named after a geographical
>feature rather than some featureless conurbation.
Coffee time discussion with colleagues leaves me fearing there is an
implied rectal/cloacal maximal connotation to the use of "estuary"
Then Cloacina, goddess of the tide.
Whose sable streams beneath the city glide
John Gay: Trivia ii