[OT] Saying "uni" for university

[pamela]

How true you last point is. :-)

[pamela]

Exactly so.

[Indy Jess John]

The natives call it Bristle

Jim

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , Indy Jess John escribió:

I've also heard it pronounced Brissle.

[Richard Heathfield]

And 'Brizzle'.

[NY]

As in the "teach yourself the Bristolian dialect" book "Krek Waiters Peak Brissle" :-)

Having been to Bristol University (and *no-one* ever called it The University of Bristol) I got used to the fact that true-bred Brissles add an L sound to any word that ends in a vowel sound - "the areal of a circle", "the university libraryl", Leighl Woods (across the suspension bridge from Clifton) etc.

It is said (and I'm sure that this is apocryphal) that Bristol used to be called Bristowe but was renamed to tie in with the way that the locals pronounced the name :-)

[Whiskers]

There's an intrusive L sound that gets added to many words otherwise ending in a vowel (particularly an a or o sound).

[musika]

Shut the windol Barbaral.

[Indy Jess John]

Yes. I was told that a policeman was delighted when he got promoted from foot patrol to the areal pandal car

True story, as told to me by his wife.

Jim

[Peter Duncanson [BrE]]

This says:

Brycgstow (Old English "the place at the bridge") was founded by 1000

It doesn't say when or why it became "Bristol".

[Robert Bannister]

So is a "unisex toilet" a place where students have sex or place where uniform sex takes place, or can you just do your hair there?

[Robert Bannister]

What would the difference be, or do you pronounce the T in "gristle, thistle, whistle"?

[The Natural Philosopher]

and pistol

[Robert Bannister]

??? Surely everyone pronounces the T in "pistol". Now "pestle" is another story, although "nestle, wrestle" are definitely T-less.

[ARW]

:-))

[Vir Campestris]

Someone _younger_ than me on usenet!

Common there in 1979 too.

Andy (Goodricke / Bio)

[Vir Campestris]

The University of York is in York, Yorkshire, England. York University is in Toronto, Canada.

Andy

[Adrian]

Common at Thames Poly in the early '90s...