La-a

[Mrsknackered]

'my uncle's ex wife's uncles friends line managers vet knew a La-a'

It's bullshit. My eyes nearly roll out of my head every time I see it on here, and for the first time ever, I've heard it in real life.

If I am wrong, and you know a La-a I want cold, hard evidence.

It's pronounced Ladasha to anyone who hasn't heard the borderline racist urban myth.

I always assume the person is lying/mistaken when they say they know a La-a.

But I would now never come out and say so because I ended up with a very red face over (what I thought was) the Everard and Ophelia Dick urban legend. I'd seen it mentioned on here and everyone had said it was offensive and always untrue. So when a real life colleague said that her husband had gone to school with the pair, I told her (shamefully confidently) that it was an urban myth. She swore blind it was true. I googled the names and sure enough they came up - in the area that the colleague's husband was at school

I now keep very quiet over the most outlandish of claims - just in case!!

Everard and Ophelia Dick sound like they’d get in well with Tanya Haas, another baby born the same day as me in hospital (I shan’t say where, but it’s also South Wales- what is it with this area and ‘odd’ names?) . I’ve never met her but she’s provided me with anecdote fodder in conversations such as this!!

I don't "get" Tanya haass

Tan your 'ass'.

Ah ok in my accent it wouldn't sound like tan ya ass.. it would be Tanya Hass.. Hiatch not aitch

Yes and if you pronounce Tanya as Tarn-yer, it's even more tenuous. I'm trying to do a South Wales accent, but I've gone blank

It would pretty much be Tan your Arse ;-)

(We don’t tend to say our aitches in these here valleys!!)

Ah, makes sense.