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Old October 14th 10, 05:32 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:33:53 +0100, Basil Jet
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...sh-places.html

An 'ethnic Londoner' friend of mine used to take issue with people
from formerly industrial areas referring to London by one of its
nicknames. "How can you call London 'The Smoke' when you come from
that dirty hole S****horpe?"
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