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I know Yorkshiremen who still use "thee" and "thou". Good for them.
Television more than radio has definitely contributed to the erosion of regional accents. For many years you wouldn't hear anything other than received pronunciation on the BBC. In the early days they all sounded posher than the Queen,who,incidentally has noticeably toned down her upper class accent.
Cheers
Steve
Remembering gogglebox adverts: 'thur wa'er in Majorka ain't wa' i' o'er' in Esturine. Or in English:'the water in Majorca is not quite how it should be' (apologies to Balearic readers.) S'good innit? Don't you just hate the glottal (pardon me, glo'al) stops.
No wonder the foreigners can't understand us....Originally Posted by yulzari
Lol
Eternal vigilance.
[QUOTE=buffnut453;890831]I think it's called evolution...not helped by radio, TV etc..QUOTE]
Maybe...or just low standards of speech & grammar.
Eternal vigilance.
Agree there! Just look at the Internet edition of the BBC News - bad grammar, additional words out of context, and obviously not proof-read before publication.
Maybe English has evolved , your starting to sound like France with its efforts to preserve the language in its pure form being how the majority of Emglish speakers have lived no where near the UK maybe we now have it correct and you've gone by the wayside
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Been evolving for over two thousand years Neil - but you can still travel just a few miles and not have a clue what someone is saying - and that's leaving out Russian, Polish, Urdu etc !!
isn't any different here there is a definate difference in english just 2 miles away from here
I am proud to be from the one place that pronounces english closest to Websters Dictionary, The place all the other states sent their newscasters to learn diction, yes, lowly Minnesota.
Land of 11,865 lakes, although it says "Land of 10,000 Lakes" on the licence plates, probably because "Land of 11,865 Lakes" would look stupid.
Mosquitoes big as a silver dollar, and 6 solid months of winter.
Left that Horrible place 40 years ago...
"Curse you Red Baron!"-Snoopy
want buy a few lakes we are sitting ar about 250000 in Ontario ,pitythe fool that counted them
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What??? Minni"soatah"?????
Aussie speak... "whilst in my boardies watching Happy Days on the tellie, me and me mates were drinkin coldies and eatin snags from the barbie, some were eatin Tim Tams, we all learnt American"!
Ya gotta laff!
Planes are so simple....... damned helicopter builds!
Just had a thought .... Jan (Lucky) is visiting me next week. With his Glaswegian - accented Swedish, and my East Cheshire influenced, 'Geordie' background, semi-neutral English, it should be real fun at the Yorkshire Air Museum!!
I have always admired the British variety of slang, but nobody beats the Aussies!
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"Curse you Red Baron!"-Snoopy
"FAIR DINKUM MATE!"
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At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
Lest We Forget
Nothing wrong with evolution of any language Neil. My point is that the sloppy use of basic grammar & spelling is unnecessary.
Australian? Supposed to be close to 'old English' so I'm told.
'A bloke's half act willy with the yakker piling up in here without your parlava'
'Quit clowning jack, touch your kick or like for the mulga'
These are extracts from lets talk 'strian...a guide to poms when moving to the land of milk and honey.
Having lived in Melbourne fot 7 years I'm not convinced.....
John
Eternal vigilance.
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