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Brüno film story in Daily Telegraph

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contrex - 20 Jun 2009 21:10 GMT
Under the byline of Florence Waters:

"They were both bemused and appalled as they poured over newspaper
pictures of Bruno, the outrageously camp Austrian fashion journalist
and latest alter ego of the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen."

And no umlaut either...
Pete - 21 Jun 2009 02:45 GMT
contrex <mike.j.harvey@gmail.com> wrote in news:6011c245-163c-49a5-9dd3-
2d80ac6c790d@n19g2000vba.googlegroups.com:

> Under the byline of Florence Waters:
>
> "They were both bemused and appalled as they poured over newspaper
> pictures of Bruno, the outrageously camp Austrian fashion journalist
> and latest alter ego of the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen."

Wetting their appetites, presumably.

The Telegraph you say? Dear oh dear.

> And no umlaut either...

No umlaut? What are they gonna have for breakfast?

Peter
Tom Morris - 02 Jul 2009 18:33 GMT
> Under the byline of Florence Waters:
>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> And no umlaut either...

Could possibly be the website being crap or someone HTMLizing it and not
knowing how to type accented characters.

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