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Surely 'our' and 'are' are simply pronounced the same in parts of the North?
And before anyone gets on their high horse about accents making different sounds the same, ask an American to say 'caught' and 'court' then do the same yourself.
Saying something's "threaded" when the thread has stripped.
+1
cold bludded murdah ov da english toung i say!
How about the Borders/Scottish tendancy to cut out whole words?
eg. 'My hair needs cut' etc instead of 'My hair needs to be cut' or 'My hair needs cutting' 😀
'the slurrs and the errrs and the half done gramm'
This thread is a bit of a damp squid really.
It's all down to the fact people do not listen to BBC Radio 4. Period.
It's had it's pigs in troughs Jamie...
How about the Borders/Scottish tendancy to cut out whole words?
I'm not sure as you can directly compare written and spoken. As a northerner, my speech is "economical" with words. If I'm committing something to text / written though, I try not to sound like a retard. (Whether I'm successful or not is left as an exercise for the reader.)
I don't see the problem, it's the same difference!
Hairychested..
It's retard, not..
Northerner
See? 😉
One day I [i]will[/i] kill someone for muddling up there, their and they're - THEY'RE THREE DIFFERENT WORDS!
PEOPLE WHO USE THEM INTERCHANGABLY NEED THEIR BRAINS WASHED OUT!
There, it isn't that difficult.
@Cougar, it's Northerner
Compass points aren't capitalised unless they're part of a place name or specific area. So you'd have North America but north London.
Even if that were wrong though, I did say I [i]try [/i]to get it right, I'm not always successful.
aks
Gaaaaah!
The phrase that winds me up the most (and it can be heard everywhere) is: "those ones" or "these ones"
As in: "What about those ones there?" or "Do you want these ones?"
GAH! WHAT'S WRONG WITH PEOPLE?
I get really shouty-at-the-telly when I hear newsreaders and presenters saying it 👿
Wow. You guys sound like such fun...
Do you know I was in a coffee shop the other day and I saw a sign which read "Try the green tea, its good for you".
I punched the lady behind the till after buying my mochafrappacrappachino.
Play the game Rich...
It's so fun!
Too to true
Try to be pacifically specific though guys
Wow. You guys sound like such [b]fun[/b]...
It's pronounced foooon you nincompoop.
Are there any Maffews in the house? Preferably in a fredbare garment?
Ooh, can we add double negatives to the mix?
"I dont no nuffink"
Ah, so you do know something?
"Wot?"