Mispronunciation

[phil the shed]

my two annoying favourites are
the city of Ba(r)th
and could you pass me a glarss!!

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my two annoying favourites are
the city of Ba(r)th
and could you pass me a glarss!!

Oh! I thought it was Baff

[terrier]

I think we're into regional accents now. Don't forget they are an important part of the language. The first thing you notice when someone you've not met before speaks to you is the regional accent, it's part of the introduction, just as is the handshake, the smile or the mode of dress, etc.

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I think we're into regional accents now. Don't forget they are an important part of the language. The first thing you notice when someone you've not met before speaks to you is the regional accent, it's part of the introduction, just as is the handshake, the smile or the mode of dress, etc.

Like there's no "F" in Loughborough?

[terrier]

... and there's no 'F' in beer in the pub. OOps! sorry

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... and there's no 'F' in beer in the pub. OOps! sorry

There no "F" in photo copier but there is a "F" in OFFSTED

[Two_Sheds]

People pronouncing calabrese "broccoli"?

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People pronouncing calabrese "broccoli"?

Pronouncing Dublya intelegent.

[HeyWayne]

my two annoying favourites are
the city of Ba(r)th
and could you pass me a glarss!!

Mine is people not starting sentences with upper case letters

You can guarantee that it'll be the Northerner who brings up the whole Bath, glass, grass, class thing (LadyWayne is from Sheffield).

I bet you pronounce tomato as "tomarto" though!

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Mine is people not starting sentences with upper case letters

You can guarantee that it'll be the Northerner who brings up the whole Bath, glass, grass, class thing (LadyWayne is from Sheffield).

I bet you pronounce tomato as "tomarto" though!

Another one when using I or I'll or I'm the I should always be upper case.

I when used on it's own should always be upper case.

I dont use upper case when texting on my mobile.

[Nicos]

Mixing upper and lower case mid word....I juSt thInk Its irritatInG........

and putting apostrophe where it shouldn't is another one ( or leaving it out!).....


But texting is a different world all together...

( Oh and peeps who do this ...........all the time!!)

Who invented all this 'correct English ' anyway??? Isn't this all about languages developing?????
I bet the peeps in the 16th Century thought they wrote 'correct English'?? (or Latin!)?

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Mixing upper and lower case mid word....I juSt thInk Its irritatInG........

and putting apostrophe where it shouldn't is another one ( or leaving it out!).....


But texting is a different world all together...

( Oh and peeps who do this ...........all the time!!)

Who invented all this 'correct English ' anyway??? Isn't this all about languages developing?????
I bet the peeps in the 16th Century thought they wrote 'correct English'?? (or Latin!)?

It's sometimes better to do ....................................thus than use a colon : depending on how you want people to read your post.
............................means a longer pause(pregnant?) than a colon.
I still think certain rules should be kept to though.

[Nicos]

Who's pregnant???

[Flummery]

Or, summink and nuffink! GRRrrrrrrr!

Wish everyone would speak proper like wot I do!

What annoys me (alright, I'm at the age when LOTS of things annoy me!!) is the v where there should be a th. Even educated people do it. Vis and Vat for example. I also despise the glottle stop, compu'er for example. I do like a well pronounced 't' !

On here, I ought to mention glysophate instead of glyphosate. A certain gardeners' question time team member used to do that one often, until someone must have put him right. All the old f*rts like me complaining probably!

On the summink topic, I get dischuffed when people say anerthing instead of anything. Lizzie does it on the Archers. I want to slap her!

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Who's pregnant???

The paws
A pregnant pause is a longer pause than a colon indicates.