[Magdalen] Music memories

[Roger Stokes]

I must admit that I chose not tovisit there earlier this year.

Roger
On 24/12/2014 00:11, Jay Weigel wrote:
> Well, there's also the *other* Birmingham here, which is in Alabama. It has
> a quite different reputation.
>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
>> wrote:
>>
>> On 23/12/2014 20:27, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>>
>>> It was interesting dealing with the Birmingham stereotype when I was on
>>> college and then when I applied for my first job in Flint, because I was
>>> totally unaware that it even existed. My dad was military, and I had spent
>>> high school in Germany. My parents had bought the house in B'ham when I was
>>> in Junior high, and that was what allowed me in-state tuition. But I
>>> learned in college and later that people made certain assumptions about me,
>>> and I started saying, "Well, my parents live in Birmingham..."
>>>
>> One of the delights of this international list is the use of place names
>> that have a different connotation this side of the pond. Birmingham over
>> here has an accent that is fairly impenetrable. Cranbrook is a rather
>> desirable area of Kent.
>>
>> Roger
>>