The le''er 'T'

I am always a bit at people who have moved away from their original area and think they no longer have the accent! you do I'm afraid, even if it is less broad

Not always JaneJudge . Unless I tell them I was born and brought up in the Black Country, people think I have always lived in South London. I can’t even imitate a Black Country accent now!
The same applies to people I know brought up in Cornwall, Wales, Yorkshire, Manchester etc. , I would never have guessed until they told me.

Wow! I tried to vocalise the words you mentioned and I found it almost impossible, even though I'm from Yorkshire and we tend to shorten the word 'the' to a 't'. Mind you, I always find non-Yorkshire people add our 't' at the begining of the next work eg, over t'road, where in my area it's usually on the end of the preceding word, eg over(t) road. Actually, now I've said it to myself a few times it probably is exactly what you say except I've never heard it in the middle of words like 'irritating'. Maybe I'm a bit more 'posh'.

Fanny I am with you 100%. I absolutely cannot stand the snobbishness that goes with accents, makes me sick to the stumick ,as they say here and so unnecessary.