Englishuser  +  311547 Sat, 06 Jan 07 10:49 PM Hello, Man A: Try pronouncing the word 'a-i-r'. Man B: Air. Man A: Good. Now try pronouncing the word 'h-a-i-r'. Man B: Hair. Man A: Excellent. Now try the word 'l-a-i-r'. Man B: Lair. Man A: Splendid. Now put them together and what have you got? Man B: Air, hair, lair. Man A: Welcome to Sandhurst. Do you get the joke? Source: Taylor, A (2006). A plum in your mouth. Englishuser   Englishuser Joined on Thu, Mar 30 2006 Regular Member 717 Jokes

	Grammar Geek  +  311551 Sat, 06 Jan 07 10:59 PM No. Isn't Sanhurst the UK's military academy? Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Feebs11  +  311587 Sun, 07 Jan 07 12:19 AM Oh, hello! Feebs11 Joined on Thu, Nov 23 2006 UK Veteran Member 5,015

	Feebs11  +  311617 Sun, 07 Jan 07 02:13 AM It's demonstrating a particularly exaggerated mode of speech:  Air = Ah/Oh;  Hair Lair = He llo.  Sloane Rangers characteristally spoke this way, with an affected,  strangulated and slightly nasal pronunciation. Sometimes also described as the Oxford accent. It's a sideways insult for Sandhurst as being the place that the brainless upperclass nitwit ends up. Feebs11 Accents, Pronunciation

	Marvin A.  +  311694 Sun, 07 Jan 07 06:45 AM  Feebs11 wrote: It's demonstrating a particularly exaggerated mode of speech:  Air = Ah/Oh;  Hair Lair = He llo.  Sloane Rangers characteristally spoke this way, with an affected,  strangulated and slightly nasal pronunciation. Sometimes also described as the Oxford accent. It's a sideways insult for Sandhurst as being the place that the brainless upperclass nitwit ends up. So are you saying that "air", "hair", and "lair" have different vowels?  It sounds like [ Er\hEr\lEr\ ] to me, so it's almost impossible to imagine it even resembling "ah hello".  Even if I prononounce them without the r's, it just sounds like eh-heh-leh--and there's no way I could get "ah hello" out of that--it sounds Hawaiian. Marvin A. Vowels, Accents, Pronunciation

	nona the brit  +  311745 Sun, 07 Jan 07 10:44 AM That was a funny joke! But you would have to be familiar with these people and this way of speaking to understand it. Yes Marvin, there are (a few) people who can say oh hello to sound like air hair lair. It's an accent people make fun of. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all. Accents, Jokes

	Grammar Geek  +  311972 Sun, 07 Jan 07 05:19 PM Is Sanhurst the military academy for officers, though? (Isn't that were Harry and William went? I should read People magazine more carefully.) Grammar Geek