Leeds Student January 29, 1999 www.leedsdotstudent.co.uk Volume 29: Issue No.13 IT'S THE SPICE 'WHAT YEAR PANTS AT OF LIFE PULLING? Tickle your tastebuds with AM I IN?' The who, what and' where' our guide to oriental cuisine Mercury Prize winners Gomez guide to mating in Leeds • Pages 15-17 live the high life in JUICE • Pages 12 and 13 £35,000 booty of no interest to honest finalist `THE CASH JUST KEPT COMING' By MATT WIEVER A GOBSMACKED finalist who went to withdraw the final COO from his bank account was amazed when cash machines spewed out over 05,000. Dan Knox was anempting to close the account he had opened during his year in Panama when he used his card in the Barclays Bank cash machine opposite the Parkinson Building. But the Leeds University Spanish finalist was astonished when the machine kept giving him more and more money. 1-k explained: wanted to close the account so I kept asking tier money until it would give me no more. First I asked for a hundred pounds each time. then two hundred pounds. and then five hundred pounds a time.- Eventually Dan bagged £10.0(X) from the Barclays machine before it ran out of money and he instantly nipped into the Blenheim Terrace bank to open an Instant Saver account to put it in. He then moved next door to the Midland Bank machine which proved to be equally generous. But after he had made his final deposit the bemused student decided it was time to telephone the head office of the Panamanian hank where he held the account to inform them of their error. And Dan's incredible tale has now catapulted him into the national media spotlight as the beneficiary of one of the greatest dividends on a single account for years. THE BANKS THAT LIKED TO SAY YES - DARING DAN REVEALS ALL ON PAGE THREE 2 NEWS Leeds Student, Friday January 29 1999 Boffins tackle the words on the streets DO YOU have trouble telling By EVE McGOWAN your 'ey up me (lucks from your och aye the noos? PhD student at Leeds University. SHINING LIGHT: LeeIle hopes to lead by example Web, it might all become a who is currently testing the lot clearer soon thanks to a group techniques in her home town of of word wizards from Leeds Middlesbrough. University. According to Dr Upton. A team from the School of Carmen &sets es much of the English are to begin an in-depth credit for her pioneering dialect investigation in a "Network Approach" of Silver grabs nationwide survey of speech investigation. habits. "It involves a range of people And the accent experts. led of all ages, genders and by Dr Clive Upton and PhD occupations." he explained. student Carmen Llamas. will "You collect data from across leave no stone unturned in a three- the community by making pole position year search for the strangest contacts- each person introduces speakers and most diverse dialects. you to someone else." By ZOE GOLDMAN The aim of the study is to The survey looks set to create a comprehensive record become an ongoing study, LESLIE SILVER is set to quite overwhelmed. of today's speech. Dr Upton. a charting language change well take up his post as LMU's "When I started as Chair former Leeds student now into the next millennium. first ever chancellor this of the Board I didn't expect to teaching dialectology in the -There's no real way awning month. be here over ten years later School of English. explained: why language changes but change "There is currently no is inevitable," said Dr Upton. The former Chair of the but this university has become regularised. systematic record "These days people don't Board of Governors has been an important part of my lilt and I wish it the very best. of our country's amazingly varied pronounce their Maybe 'es given the challenge after years "1 shall do all I can to use dialects. could start sounding like 'w's. of working with the university. the ambassadorial role of "We hope to create a social Who knows. Jonathan Ross Mr Silver, a successful and regional dialect database could he at the forefront of businessman who received an Chancellor in the hest interests of the University." which will enable scholars to language change. But that's a 0I3E in I983 and aLso holds an make their own analyses. Honourary Doctorate of In addition. the University's big maybe." new 4:20 million Learning Omar "We will collect samples from The dialect doctor's research Technology. founded the second across all groups of society and largest manufacturer of paints on City Campus will be named carries on a great northern and coatings in the United after him as a sign of gratitude the entire country." tradition of such work, adding Kingdom. for his enthusiasm and But the linguistics enthusiast to an already existing bank of incredibly mnlessed to a lingering He is even better known in commitment to the University. information in Leeds University's the Leeds community as the ex- Vice Chancellor Leslie preference for his own Brotherton Library. chairman of Leeds United Wagner spoke highly alms new Birmingham accent. Upton was also involved in football club. boss: "It's rare to find someone "I'll always have affection the Linguistic Atlas of England And the decision to appoint who is so successful in so many for the Brummie accent but as 25 years ago. him by the University's Board fields and yet so well liked. a dialectologist I have to try and Any students imm the Tetside of Governors has left him Leslie has a lot of friends around remain objective." area interested in becoming delighted. "I can't tell you how the University and I know they Data collection methods for involved in the study are honoured l am about this - I'm are pleased he will still be the study were thought out by encouraged to contact Carmen involved." Carmen Llamas, a second year at: engml (4) leeds.ac.uk. 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RING OUR 24-HOUR NEWSDESK ON (0113) 243 4727 Tr- Leeds Student, Friday January 29 1999 NEWS Dan's definitely not a greedy banker •• MUST have looked like a By MATT OBEYER drug dealer with all that cash WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU COULD GET - the staff thought it was quite exptained_ amusing." exclaimed a startled The finalist continued using the Dan Knox after his amazing cards for a marathon two hours £35,000 OUT OF THE HOLE IN THE WALL? good luck story this week. before the banks closed and he His incredible tale started when eventually decided to call it a day. he decided to close one of his but he never really considered accounts last Wednesday afternoon. making a run with the money. • wish something like that would happen to me. I would ditch the card, keep the moiley and spend spend spend!' During his year in Panama as "I wasn't interested in financial Gary Stibbs, 2nd Year Engineering part of his Spanish course last year. gain - Ijust wanted to have a good the Colorado horn finalist opened crack. I assumed that when the the account with the country's state- account ran out of money it would ▪ `I'd be drawn to Harvey Nic's in a flash, although I wouldn't overspend in case I got caught_ I wouldn't have thought they'd be owned hank, Prihanco. stop but the cash just kept coming.- too bothered about £500 so long as they got the bulk back' But when he put his Panamanian- he said. issued card into the Barclays His final hoard of £35.350 is Tamsin Reed. 1st Year French machine this week expecting to now still sitting in the Barclays take the final £200 out of his account. account as Dan waits for officials he couldn't believe his eyes when at Pribanco to get hack to him. A • 'WOW, shift like that only happens in the movies. I'd be straight on the phone to Denise Van Outen' it kept accepting his requests for spokesperson for the Bank was Antony Wilde, 4th Year Management Science more money. He had to stuff' the puzzled by the chart) of events.