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  • Artemis3Artemis3 Posts: 751
    I, probably, didn't explain it adequately, B; the man was, actually, mocking my mother by imitating her speech.
  • Helen P3Helen P3 Posts: 1,152
    It seemed to me clear enough, Artemis, that the man was being sarcastic.  One meets such rude characters at times!
  • Sam 37Sam 37 Posts: 1,271
    It was equally clear to me too that the one who did the "judging" was the guard who, moreover, displayed such appalling manners to a passenger.
  • LauraRoslinLauraRoslin Posts: 496
    It's possible the guard was just joking?   And didn't mean it with any malice?

    I have a very working-class accent.   The look of bemusement on the faces of others when I use 'one' is very amusing.
    I wish I was a glow worm
    A glow worm's never glum
    Cos how can you be grumpy
    When the sun shines out your bum!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    @Artemis3. He was obviously a cad and a bounder😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Zoe P2Zoe P2 Posts: 848
    It is a sad fact that rude people exist and some people resent others simply because they dress or speak in "better" ways.
    On Friday 23 of November, I was walking home from my local pharmacy.  It was bin-day, so there were bins galore...adorning the pavements. 
    I saw a lady, well dressed, speaking with the received pronunciation and using a standard register, asking one of the men not to throw her bins on the pavement but leave them where they'd found them. 
    He walked away and, rather loudly, responded, "la-di-da!"
    It's not 1985 and, yet, it still happens.



    I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character

      Martin Luther King

  • Artemis3Artemis3 Posts: 751
    LauraRoslin said:
    It's possible the guard was just joking?   And didn't mean it with any malice?
    No. 
    It's possible that he was inebriated, though.

  • Helen P3Helen P3 Posts: 1,152
    My odd-job-man refers to "the received pronunciation" as "the Queen's English," Zoe! 
  • Sam 37Sam 37 Posts: 1,271
    The last time I heard that expression was on a train, travelling from Gatwick to London.  It was a Saturday afternoon in early November.  The train was absolutely packed and, as usual, many of the passengers were European.  Some Britons decided to be as obnoxious as possible, shouting, clapping, singing and "laughing".
    A group of 7 such gems, surrounding a French lady, were particularly obnoxious.  At a point, for some reason, they started yelling at each other, "What's the difference between cockerel and rooster?"
    As none of the 7 appeared to know, the deafening questioning, laughter and clapping continued for several minutes.  Finally, the long-suffering European trapped amongst them, probably hoping to bring an end to the insanity, quietly said, "One is American and the other British."
    All noise stopped for a short while. 
    A teenage boy in the group asked, "If you could learn a language, which would you choose?" 
    An adult male responded, "None, mate.  ONLY the queen's English for me," and burst in to a forced laughter.
    Another, equally... refined adult male, joined him in that would-be-triumphant laughter, stating the same, "Yeah, mate, the queen's English..."
    They had, obviously, never heard the Queen speak!
  • Danae(dan-Ah-ee)Danae(dan-Ah-ee) Posts: 966
    I think public transport can, certainly, be an...education!
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