Re: Proof reader
"where you get very stange looks at the chippy if you speak with an English accest......"
In the late 1970s we were in a somewhat rough pub in Edinburgh renowned for its Scottish Independence support. One of our group was loudly expressing views on same subject - in what sounded like a very posh English accent. We hoped that the onlookers recognised it as the accent of the public school (in Fife?) that was the hotbed of Scottish nationalism.
One evening I met some colleagues in an Edinburgh pub - almost immediately I was told by the landlord to leave. My colleagues explained later that my suit and English accent were a strong indicator of the London police drug squad - and the landlord was well aware of the dealings in his pub.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
