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Unfinished Screenplay - Bristolians Save The Queen, Mind!

                                    Bristolians Save The Queen, Mind! 1. INT. MEETING ROOM AT BRISTOL UNIVERSITY. DAY Bristol University academics are holding a meeting and discussing the progress of their students. PROFESSOR SMITH (Chair): So Geoff, to the Department of Bristolian. How are you finding the new intake of students? PROFESSOR GEOFFREY MOUNTSTEVENS: Interesting. The students from the home counties are difficult. Many of them think they know it all already and of course they don't. Their attempts at pronunciation of the Bristolian language are often a strange mixture of Somerset, East Anglia and Hampshire. On the other other hand, the overseas students, especially the Chinese and Italians, are very enthusiastic and eager to learn. Yes, they too have difficulty with the Bristolian pronunciation but that's only to be expected considering how different their respective languages are from Bristolian. 2. EXT. BROWNS RESTAURANT QUEENS ROAD. DAY PROFESSOR G M