Oi SamyaUK - what's with the "Londoners don't pronounce their T's" comment?
I consider myself a Londoner (born and raised within 12 miles of the City) and I detest hearing English spoken badly. Accents are OK, but mispronunciation not only sounds ugly, it's often not even easy to enunciate the mispronunciation!
A neighbour's wife once said to me (referring to her husband):
"'e 'as a ulcer" That is NOT easy to say!!!!
Young chap in my office used to call 'Cathy' Caffy. I corrected him - he glared at me - "thas waddye I said, didnye"! sheesh
Wadya fink o' dat den? ugh ugh ugh
Mind you, when I travel to 'the regions' in UK, I'm always amused when I go into an Indian or Chinese restaurant and find that when the very ethnic looking staff open their mouths to speak, out pops a broad Glaswegian brogue or a Welsh lilt. Just seems odd ;o)
Oi SamyaUK - what's with the "Londoners don't pronounce their T's" comment?
I consider myself a Londoner (born and raised within 12 miles of the City) and I detest hearing English spoken badly. Accents are OK, but mispronunciation not only sounds ugly, it's often not even easy to enunciate the mispronunciation!
A neighbour's wife once said to me (referring to her husband):
"'e 'as a ulcer" That is NOT easy to say!!!!
Young chap in my office used to call 'Cathy' Caffy. I corrected him - he glared at me - "thas waddye I said, didnye"! sheesh
Wadya fink o' dat den? ugh ugh ugh
Mind you, when I travel to 'the regions' in UK, I'm always amused when I go into an Indian or Chinese restaurant and find that when the very ethnic looking staff open their mouths to speak, out pops a broad Glaswegian brogue or a Welsh lilt. Just seems odd ;o)