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Old May 16th 16, 05:33 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Graham P Davis Graham P Davis is offline
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Default No more cockneys

On Mon, 16 May 2016 09:12:04 -0700 (PDT)
Richard Dixon wrote:

On Monday, 16 May 2016 16:20:54 UTC+1, Asha Santon wrote:

The locals of Newham really do need to visit Baghdad to get their
eyes opened. There is not even a vague similarity between the two
places or their respective populations.


Fun fact: 98.4% of people who have ever used the word "Londonistan"
don't live anywhere near it.


I wonder whether the original Londoners said the area sounded like
Berlin after the cockneys arrived?

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