Uncouth Angela Rayner doing Labour no favours

A while ago, people here sang the praises of this well spoken woman.

youtu.be/Sq0G5_--Ew8

Well seeing as how someone mentioned physics

James Clerk Maxwell was called "daftie" at school because of his country accent. Eventually he was responsible for the unified theory of electricity, magnetism and light on which much of the modern world is based.

Just as well GN wasn't around at the time, he'd never have been allowed off the farm.

'Apparently lack of education is obvious, according to the way someone speaks.'

Well some people on this thread seem to think so.

I agree MissAdventure utter rubbish.

I wonder how Brian Cox, the physicist who has a broad Oldham accent ever managed to be so popular?

Because they err, umm, ooh, um, er, speak "better".

Except when those lifestyle choices involve numerous affairs. Then they will vote for them.

But they won't vote for people they consider uneducated (said on this thread)
They won't vote for people they think has made poor lifestyle choices (again, said on this thread)
Apparently lack of education is obvious, according to the way someone speaks.
Utter rubbish.

I don’t believe people vote for anyone because they have a
‘Posh accent’, what ever a posh accent is.

Alegrias1

It's not having a posh accent that makes them twats.

It's the fact that people are so impressed by their accents that they vote for twats.

It's not having a posh accent that makes them twats.

Why is deemed to be so wrong to critise people with regional accents or “ uncouth speech ” , but ok to make fun of people with “posh” accents even to the extent of calling them “tw***s.

growstuff

... with mushy peas and pickled eggs (if you want a gourmet meal).

And scrapings. Don't forget the scrapings...

... with mushy peas and pickled eggs (if you want a gourmet meal).

I always thought a chippy is a place where you can buy fish and chips.

I thought she was just wonderful. She spoke far better than Johnson does.

especially on account of having a grievance or a sense of inferiority.
Certainly not applicable.

If a person is irritated by another person's accent, that reflects more on them than the one with the accent, and not in a good way. It just shows them to be a snob.

chippy is certainly used to call out those lower than one self

As I remember it, many clippies were quite chippy. Or was that chipper.....?

A bus conductress ? Or was that a clippy?

chippy

ADJECTIVE
informal
(of a person) touchy and defensive, especially on account of having a grievance or a sense of inferiority.

Alternatively, a carpenter or a chip shop.

I am none of these things

Chippy
Show Definitions Chippy adjective – Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Usage example: a chippy, defensive fellow whose alma mater was the school of hard knocks
^Snappy and chippy are semantically related In some cases you can use "Snappy" instead an adjective "Chippy^".

Alegrias1

Oh, I just looked up the meaning of chippy.

Not very nice, is it?

Snippy?

growstuff

Callistemon

growstuff

Anniebach

I can’t think of any party leader or members of the cabinet or
shadow cabinet with or had a strong accent.

Kinnock?

Kinnock's accent wasn't strong.

William Hague has an accent.

I guess it's a matter of perception. To me, Kinnock's accent was strong - maybe because I'm not surrounded by Welsh accents.

Probably growstuff
It seems quite gentle to some I hear!

Alegrias1

Oh, those air pods she bought for a member of staff will just tip the whole country over into poverty, I should think.

I wonder if she has a duck house.

Does she have central heating in her stables paid for on parliamentary expenses?

lemongrove

It certainly is a word....otherwise there wouldn’t be an uncouth.?

Historically, it was the other way round. "Uncouth" was a word before "couth".