London was located in the East Midlands dialect zone, but because of its status as the capital, its East Midlands dialect was influenced by southern (Saxon) and southeastern (Kentish) dialects. The normal East Midlands development of (Ã¼) was (oÍo), spelled u.
The million-dollar leg club has come a long way since film icon and poster girl Betty Grable starred in the 1939 classic, âMillion Dollar Legs.â. Since then, a host of celebrities and athletes have followed suit and had their famous legs â and feet â insured by Lloydâs of London for $1 million or more.
Model Lauren Wasser, who lost part of her right leg and the toes on her left foot to toxic shock syndrome in 2012, had her left leg amputated last week. Wasser was a healthy 24-year-old using tampons when she developed toxic shock syndrome, or TSS, a rare but potentially life-threatening condition typically caused by toxins from the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, or staph.