Uncouth Angela Rayner doing Labour no favours

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

growstuff

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

'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?

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.

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

youtu.be/Sq0G5_--Ew8

Alegrias1

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

But many people think people who are “posh” are all self serving idiots.( I prefer not to use the synonym for c***ts). And on the subject of life choices and Boris, when did contraception become the sole responsibility of a man? Having said this I would stress that I am not a BJ supporter ,however he speaks.

Sorry too many asterisks.

She makes me cringe. If she wants to be taken seriously she should learn how to speak properly. Having said that I don't dislike her and I think she makes some good points and is passionate about the cause. Just stop saying things like 'quid' and 'scumbag' Angela!

I don't think that posh people are self serving idiots, any more than I think non posh speakers are as thick as mince.
I understood this was a free for all, criticising MPs, so I was simply joining in.
People are free to agree or disagree as they see fit.

Lack of education is apparent in the way people construct their speech, that is demonstrating poor use of basic grammar: 'them things' and 'we was' for example. Easily corrected by extensive reading, which is what most people who have been poorly educated do to improve their understanding.

It has nothing whatsoever to do with accent, regional or otherwise.

*Atqui
The synonym for the c word is pronounced with an o as in swot
When it’s said/ written with an a as in cat it denotes a complete idiot.

I think the fact that Rayner is now in the position she is shows that she hasn't needed to do extensive reading in order to function well.
I expect caring for her mum didnt leave much time for that sort of thing.