What happened to 'th' ?

Would anyone like some sangwidges for lunch?

The one that annoys me is "we was" and "was you".
DH (from Lancashire), could not say the word "little". It was always "lickle" to him.
And people saying haitch, instead of aitch.

This may be a case of the language changing, but I think it has more to do with the fact that since the 1970s regional accents are approved of (quite rightly) so it has become difficult to correct pronunciation without seeming snobbish.

It irritates me too, I must admit, but languages do change. When I was a child, some of my grandparents' age group talked of "the chimist's shop" whereas we talked of " the chemist's shop".

I have got so many pet hates...…..

Pacific for specific, amachur for amateur, schoow for school, anythink, somethink, duba u for the letter W - the list goes on and on.

Regarding 'amachur' I have heard so many BBC newsreaders say this and I just cringe.

I hate haitch for h

Even the newsreaders say twenny now much to my OHs disgust! I honestly can’t see the point in allowing yourself to get wound up over things you can’t do anything about!

On the whole it doesn't annoy me.
Because I don't want to say where I live, I won't tell you which of the above pronunciations I use.
I have worked in a few different parts of the UK and wherever I was, people would say 'oh, our local speech isn't an accent or dialect - it's just lazy'. Then some would tell me they liked the way I said something which others would hate (see above). My father was delighted when an academic he met asked to sit next to him at dinner for the pleasure of hearing his accent (and I assure you there are examples of his speech mentioned above)
For pleasure, I have learned a few different languages and you can see rules of grammar that are reflected in dialects (some examples above) which are not 'wrong' but are not 'standard' (there are also examples above)
I do regard it as snobbery that some accents are cherished and admired whilst others are regarded as inferior.
It is good manners to ensure that you can be understood - I have especially noticed in Scotland that some Scots adjust their speech for us outsiders - but beyond that I really don't mind.

Bregzit! As if there’s not enough about it to wind me up.

My gd used to change it the other way...forty four became thorty thour...an individualist!

I hate ask being changed to arks!

Interesting thread! (Or should I say fred? No, maybe not). My personal hatred isn't about omission of a letter, it's an addition. People who drive me nuts (and it's usually on the radio) pronounce the letter H as Haitch. I'll be the one shrieking, "It's not Haitch, it's Aitch!"

I too am being so cross with the lost of the letter T . On Politics live there is a guest sometimes who does not realise that the letter T is in a lot of words ,what has happened to the BBC. I am also annoyed with the th/wiv.
ps. I am in no way "posh"

I hate it when people replace the 'g' at the end of a word with a 'k', such as in 'thing' being 'think' 'everything' as 'everythink'. There is a BBC presenter, on both Countryfile and the One Show, who never finishes the ends of words and I don't believe he has a 't' in his alphabet.

Another thing that annoys me is the current trend for people to answer a question starting with the word 'so'. This means nothing and doesn't add to the answer.

Other things that annoy me are people who continually say 'You know'. I normally don't know, until they tell me, so why say it? There was a certain Chelsea footballer who, in an interview, used the words 'You know' thirteen times. It was only a short interview, as well.

We have a beautiful language, so let's keep it that way!

Fank ewe fer listnin ta meh.

None of this bothers me at all! - do I have something missing I wonder?! I'm all for variety.

My mother used to nag me about "correct" (who says?) speech as we lived in Essex and she was terrified I would finish up with an Essex accent. As I result I sound like the Queen mother!

Why bring your children up in Essex if you want them to sound as though they come from Berkshire?

Her lowest point was listening to some children playing marbles and one said "I' i' i' !!!" Those of you from that area will be able to interpret this!

Has anyone heard of the Wren and Martin book of grammar ? That was our bible in school

Wensdy today---Chewsdy yesterday. s'elp me God.

There is an extremely annoying young woman on Radio 3, mostly at the weekends, who insists on welcoming one to Wadio Free - speech impediment or affectation? Either way, can they not find someone else?

Has anyone noticed the way some BBC journalists talk about Dee-oo or no Dee-oo Brexit? Sets my teeth (teef?) on edge! I’ve got DH watching out, we have hysterics...

I find that the younger generation don't use the 'wh' sound. They say were and wen for where and when etc. I spent a lot of time ensuring that my pupils got it right. My pet hate at the moment is people in the media saying Bregzit instead of Brexit. A lot of shouting at the TV!

It is Alexander Armstrong on Pointless who annoys me. Most of his speech is very clear, but he just cannot say 'Geography'.

The ones that wind me up are using of instead of have.
Ceemmunity instead of community.
The one that really pees me off is when people say stastistics instead of statistics!
Growing up if we ever mispronounced a word such as Kekkle instead of kettle or miggle instead of middle we would be taken to task by my grandmother and now if I hear the same words being pronounced wrongly I’m correcting them in my mind.

"f" instead of "th" is a real bugbear, especially when you hear adult presenters / football pundits using it. It makes them sound like children. It's not an accent or dialect, it's just lazy speech which hasn't been picked up on. You would think that they could make the effort to correct themselves. And I won't get started on the absent "t". See ya la'er - as they say or
mis-say.

I think some of these are dialect/accent , some are sloppy and some are the ever changing nature of language.

I have always said "amachur" . I think it might be accent?

PS ...can't stand Hospical

I hate that too gillyknits it really grates doesn't it.
If John Torode says ' tumeric' one more time I will send out a hit man. It's 'tuRmeric' and as a chef he should know that.