796. Language & Local British Identity (with Mark Steel)
Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson
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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