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  • CloggieCloggie Posts: 1,457

    How you doin'?  I'm good.  Don't got milk.

    Lived in the States for a bit and gotten immune to all dat.

    Sorry, I know that doesn't help! image

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    Inclusivity diversity regional accents the poor b****r is probably trying to hold onto his job!

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    That's not an accent. It's the wrong words!!!! image

  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328

    I'm afraid you might find it's "acceptable northern dialect", PP...

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    I like dialects. In fact I've studied them.

    She's from London! (unnorthern!!!!!)

    When she's sat in her parlour or her lounge or wherever she wants to sat she can dialect all she likes. That's how it is. The language used should be appropriate to the circumstances. 

    I deal with people from all over the world and in order to be understood (understanded) I speak "proper" English. In an informal setting we have a laugh about the "local language". I once had a fascinating chat with a Chinese lady about the difference between cough, bough, lough, rough.... The French chap I work with is married to a girl from Norn Iron and she calls him a wee skitter. When he says that in a French accent we fall about laughing. I would never use the term"wee skitter" in a formal presentation or when commentating on er Majesty's Tea Party. image

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    With a couple of notable exceptions, I love listening to varietal English and 'acceptable dialect' from all directions. Television and dialect 'cleansing' in school and in the home have meant that we have lost a lot of the differences.

    I remember when I moved from north to south London many years ago that there was a marked difference in pronunciation and tense structures. You have to travel some distance outside London before you notice any difference at all now.

    But people will still adopt a word or pronunciation that appeals  in a given situation e.g. s**t  and s**te

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    Many of my comments on the £150 a head tea party were much less appropriateimage

    Last edited: 16 June 2016 12:47:54

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    But they had such a lovely hamper B3.....

    Stands back.............. image

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    But the free raincoats were s**te

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    They were brilliant. I've ordered several.

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