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.
Get the Wall Street Journal $12 for 12 weeks. Gene Kellyâs Widow Doesnât Dance Away from His Secrets. Gene Kelly did have a 103-degree fever when he filmed the iconic dance sequence in the 1952 MGM movie musical âSinginâ in the Rain,â but milk was not added to the puddles.