Speaking 'properly' or not

[Karen Barker]

Lynn wrote 
> I think all languages have their exceptions to the general rules 
>where it seems as if the exception is the rule.  As long as we can 
>laugh with each other over such things, we are doing well.  
Besides, >I've learned a whole lot through this thread.  Still can't 
quite grasp >the whole change of vowel thing yet but then, I'm still 
using the >slang I used in the 70s.  LOL

Just to give all you Americans a chance for a laugh at a Dumb Brit 
on this subject, many years ago, when I was still a slip of a girl 
and Hill Street Blues was first shown over here, I was rather 
nonplussed by one of the characters whose name appeared to be Hey-
Zeus (In fact at the very beginning I thought it was just Zeus and 
they were greeting him with a 'hey').  It was several episodes 
before I finally got round the reading the credits and realising 
that his name appeared to be Jesus!  This was just as baffling 
thought as you would never find someone from the UK called Jesus and 
I thought it was kind of taboo!!!

Karen