BMMF on the Euston Road just now, helpfully not only wearing a forum cap but also a BMMF-branded messenger bag. Nice to meet you.
Hello - I'm a total brand whore.
@tommmmmmmmmm - it's possible that 'Matt' would've been contextually interpreted as 'mate', with the listener assuming you had some kind of articulatory fail, or that you were a forrun, or that it's how the /eI/ phoneme has morphed into /ae/ in contemporary Cockney pronunciation. Or something.
Hello - I'm a total brand whore.
@tommmmmmmmmm - it's possible that 'Matt' would've been contextually interpreted as 'mate', with the listener assuming you had some kind of articulatory fail, or that you were a forrun, or that it's how the /eI/ phoneme has morphed into /ae/ in contemporary Cockney pronunciation. Or something.