[peel] Off topic Brit culture question

[markbursa@...]

> >>Surely it's just meant to make them sound more (ahem) "working class",
> >in order to break down the reverence which prevents us from seeing them
> >as barnacles on the hull of Britain...<<

Correct. They've been calling the Queen Brenda since at least the 70s, 
possibly before (I've only been reading the eye for about 23 years).

The names were probably invented by Willie Rushton or Peter Cook.

Mark