ON holiday recently I overheard a man telling a friend a story which he insisted was true.

He had shared a table with a foreign lady who had talked all through the meal and he had not understood one word.

Later he asked a fellow diner which country the lady had come from. The answer was Yorkshire!

But then, he was a southerner. Laugh - I nearly cried!

Mrs M Barker,

Ousecliffe Gardens, York.

Updated: 11:11 Thursday, November 18, 2004