Re: UKNM: Currant Bun

[Ray Taylor]

jim smith <

jimflenser [dot] co [dot] uk

> Kindly informed non-cockneys that..


>Currant Bun is the Sun's nickname for itself, from Dick Van Dyke-style

>cockney rhyming slang. Its readers are perfectly aware what it means.


.. as are readers of rival dead tree The Financial Times, thanks to the

helpful and informative piece in this morning's issue.


Say what you like about the choice of names, but currentbun.com sure beats

ic24.co.uk from former leading UK tabloid the Daily Mirror.


And if that add a mere 10% of their readers to the UK internet population,

good luck to them.


Ray Taylor

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