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.
Elizabeth Taylor was the first actress to earn one million dollars. It was the film Cleopatra that she became the highest paid film star of her era. http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/02/glamorous-excess-elizabeth-taylor-happy-birthday/.