Dialects and lazy speech - there is a difference

volver

MissA - you're not Priti Patel are you? According to some, her way of speaking is the worst thing about her.

Billy Mackay recently gave the "Time for Reflection" 5 minute talk at the Scottish Parliament in Scots. Some people almost self combusted

Sorry - Billy Kay, not Mackay.

I've just marked 85 oral English exams, from schools all around the world. The variety of accents were wonderful. Chinese, Indian, American, Canadian, British, a few Scottish and even a Welsh one (a teacher for that).

As others have said, as long as they could communicate their meanings clearly, their accents were irrelevant.

I suppose they all jamp on their phones to complain?

I might understand what’s being said MissA, it just irritates the hell out of me when I hear it from a presenter on tv or radio.

I'm about 3 posts behind, here.
Slow. Sorry!

Germanshepherdsmum

I might understand what’s being said MissA, it just irritates the hell out of me when I hear it from a presenter on tv or radio.

Hmmm. Regional pronunciation or arrogance and snobbery?

I know which I prefer.

Ah, that's the point Gsm
People find it irritating, not some of the other reasons they use to justify their irritation.
"It could hinder chances at work"
Nope; everyone I worked with as an executive officer in the civil service spoke with the same regional speech.

I don’t like JRM’s accent either. In fact I hate it as much as Stacey Dooley’s. Something without extremes of regional or upper class pronunciation will do nicely.

Oh Mogg's accent sounds absolutely ridiculous to me.
An affectation.

Now there we agree!?

The thing with these threads is that unless someone takes on all comers, it descends into an out and out "say whatever you want about the rough, lazy people" free-for-all."

It does actually hurt to hear yourself and those you live dismissed as not worthy.

Just to prove the point, almost all of that last bit by me is spelt wrong. (ly?)

It's not me.
It's my "thingers"

One person on T.V and radio speaks with my regional accent but does not use regional words and that's Melvyn Bragg though even his accent is a bit standardised. I think we should all keep our accents but what is the point of talking in dialect if most countries cannot understand you.
"Hast thou ever seen a cuddy lope ower a five-barred yat'.
Does anyone understand it may be some Scots grannies?

Yeah, I seen it wiv me own mince pies, me old China!
It was radio rental!

Has anyone ever seen a horse jump over a five-bar gate??

I use that in everyday interactions all the time.

MissAdventure

In what respect does that make a difference?
Knowing.
Knowin.

If we had a chat in the phone, or you heard it on tv, its simple to know what is being said.

If someone said knowin in my part of the world I would assume the person was not at home.

A horse I saw jamp one regularly.

Yammy

One person on T.V and radio speaks with my regional accent but does not use regional words and that's Melvyn Bragg though even his accent is a bit standardised. I think we should all keep our accents but what is the point of talking in dialect if most countries cannot understand you.
"Hast thou ever seen a cuddy lope ower a five-barred yat'.
Does anyone understand it may be some Scots grannies?

I’m a Scottish granny and I had no problem reading that Yammy.

You mean reg’lar. You’re bein too proper like.

Oi! Turn it up!

MissAdventure

A horse I saw jamp one regularly.

Jamp?

Or Jumpit?

Or Lowpit?

?

The aberration which most irritates me is the r which is added into words such as drawring instead of drawing or idear instead of idea.

Ere! Knock it off!
I ain't got a scooby what you're on abaat!

volver

^Has anyone ever seen a horse jump over a five-bar gate^??

I use that in everyday interactions all the time.

Nearly but the cuddy is a donkey. The Elderly farmer when we first moved asked me if I was a marra or an assa marra two other parts of the county different to where we live. When I talk to him I talk in dialect but if I had to phone a stranger I would hope to use my best spoken English.