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.
Aimee Copeland, who lost both hands and leg to flesh-eating bacteria, gets new lease on life with prosthetic hands. Aimee Copeland, a 25-year-old grad student who lost both hands and a leg to flesh-eating bacteria, has gotten state-of-the-art bionic hands. (TODAY) She lost both of her arms and a leg after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacteria, but now, she's been given not one â but two â helping hands.