Nurse Ratched 11:29 Mon Dec 21
Linguistic tube map
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Some of you might like this.
It's interesting.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/11210327/Which-is-Londons-most-diverse-Tube-stop.html
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mashed in maryland
1:10 Wed Dec 23
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I had to google where New Maldon is.
Being from the east, anywhere west of the city is uncharted territory imo
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Pub Bigot
12:37 Wed Dec 23
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Fucking grim reading if you're an East Londoner like myself.
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OccupyGreenStreet
12:20 Wed Dec 23
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New Malden's definitely still a Korean (and Sri Lankan) outpost: even the NatWest and William Hill's etc. have their signage in Korean.
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1964
11:51 Wed Dec 23
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Very informative but 5 years out of date.
I never hear any English when out on the tube in London these days, unless it's my Mrs sitting next to me - and I'm not sure about here amymore as she started wearing a burka.
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mashed in maryland
9:56 Wed Dec 23
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Very few silver spoon hipsters talk like that anyway these days, even the Made in Chelsea cast drop their H's and call each other mate.
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Far East Hammer
7:17 Wed Dec 23
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Interesting read.
But I'd probably be more interested in the variations in English across the Tube map, e.g. where can one still here wight pwopa wyming slang, versus haughty-silver-spoon-up-the-arse-hoity-toityish, etc, etc - especially as I suspect the distribution would've changed in recent years. Shoreditch etc yuppifying and all that
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Mart O
8:03 Tue Dec 22
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As for yer Japs in West Acton, we're still none the wiser, apparently.
Hope the fleet's at sea...
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Mart O
8:02 Tue Dec 22
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mashed in maryland 1:21 Tue Dec 22
The reason there are so many frogs in that part of town, if that's the question, is supposedly due to the Lycée Français* being in South Ken.
* please note: that is a fucking CEDILLA.
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Nurse Ratched
7:44 Tue Dec 22
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*peers at David L over pince-nez*
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David L
7:28 Tue Dec 22
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Gph 2.11 - werent the Koreans there some sorg of sect run by Sam Sung?
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geoffpikey
2:31 Tue Dec 22
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In tribute to this masterpiece of taxpayer funded "research" I shall later listen to Steven Patrick Morrissey's warbling of 28 years ago.
Notably
"Bengali In Platforms" "Angel, Angel Down We Go Together"
Viva Hate.
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eswing hammer
2:07 Tue Dec 22
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Those people who want to hear Panjabi should visit Southall, where it’s the first language of 21.7 per cent of locals, while someone wanting to hear Bengali should try Shadwell, where it’s spoken by 32.8 per cent of residents. Who would actually want to hear any of that?
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mashed in maryland
1:21 Tue Dec 22
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"Southwest London is the place to hear French. It is the most spoken non-English language in the area surrounding South Kensington, Earl’s Court, Notting Hill Gate, Parsons Green, Barons Court and Putney Bridge, among others."
Apart from the fact no one would really call that area "South West London" (it's the west end), but isn't this partially (or wholly) to do with all the billionnairs who buy houses there for tax reasons but don't actually live there?
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Nurse Ratched
12:59 Tue Dec 22
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What are they up to?
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Mart O
12:40 Tue Dec 22
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Nurse Ratched 12:25 Tue Dec 22
Surprised me too, this. Why the fuck would they move there?
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Lily Hammer
12:25 Tue Dec 22
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Best Comment Award goes to ......
muddydrover • a year ago What about Westminster? Where 95% speak bollox
Good darts, muddy, son.
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Nurse Ratched
12:13 Tue Dec 22
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Arf! @ Coffee
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Coffee
12:08 Tue Dec 22
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geoffpikey 1:59 Tue Dec 22
"That's SCIENCE! (Is it fuck.)"
Please don't ever say that again on WHO. It's like summoning the genie.
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WHOicidal Maniac
12:03 Tue Dec 22
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I like this kind of thing a lot.
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gph
2:11 Tue Dec 22
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Doesn't the New Malden Korean community feature the most numerous community of Korean Christians in the world?
Or has my memory let me down here?
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geoffpikey
1:59 Tue Dec 22
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Utter bollocks. "Author" has just taken data of census info. NO-ONE speaks on the tube anyway.
So it's just made up. 1.1% "speak Albanian" at Turnpike Lane tube station? That's SCIENCE! (Is it fuck.)
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