796. Language & Local British Identity (with Mark Steel)
Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson
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Curse of the Wear Rabbit in the Isle of Portland
The Isle of Poland is this little area of Dorset. Used to be in Ireland. There's a little bridge there now, but for a reason that nobody is quite sure. And I heard all the debates when I went there, you're not allowed to say the word rabbit. Rabbit is a swear word. They talk about underground mutton. Kids will be sent home from school for saying rabbit. It's forbidden.
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