There’s a difference between regional dialects and accents, which I love as I’m sure do most people, and communicating in a formal register. In a forum such as this the accepted mode of writing is formally or semi formally. Dropping into the sentence regional expressions like summat or lairy or frit is just an affectation.
Likewise saying or, worse, writing could of, would of etc is sloppy. Writing an for and is lazy - have people noticed the prevalence of that?Â
Automatically people adjust their manner of writing or speaking according to their audience. Those not able to do so are likely to encounter prejudice.
I dont think using vernacular is in any way an affectation. I find dialect words, their meaning and origin fascinating . One of the pleasures of this forum is 'speaking' to people from all walks of life who share a common interest. Some people can't spell - so what! blame it on predictive text or fat fingers. For some members, English is not their first language, but we can usually work out what they're saying.
@raisingirl, you're right, l probably should of made it clearer It's the use of it as a means of "thinking time", particularly on the "Today" programme. It gets me gnashing my teeth on my cornflakes...grrrr.
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Likewise saying or, worse, writing could of, would of etc is sloppy. Writing an for and is lazy - have people noticed the prevalence of that?Â
Automatically people adjust their manner of writing or speaking according to their audience. Those not able to do so are likely to encounter prejudice.
I find dialect words, their meaning and origin fascinating . One of the pleasures of this forum is 'speaking' to people from all walks of life who share a common interest.
Some people can't spell - so what! blame it on predictive text or fat fingers.
For some members, English is not their first language, but we can usually work out what they're saying.
It's the use of it as a means of "thinking time", particularly on the "Today" programme. It gets me gnashing my teeth on my cornflakes...grrrr.