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OT: more PC insanity
On 12/04/2021 15:18, wrote:
On 12/04/2021 14:57, Davidm wrote:
(or other
language relevant to the *county* they are in).
Err, would that be Geordie, Yorkshire, Cornish ... ?
-sorry, I couldn't resist ;-)
Back in the day - and its still slightly true today - everyone had
English they spoke at home and English they were taught at school.
Standard RP 'upper middle class' English, which, though mocked, was
*universally understood*.
And there is a world of difference between a different lilt (Welsh
people speaking English), different pronunciation - Mancunians saying
'uz' instead of 'us' - or a different language altogether, like
Glaswegian....
(I remember my Norfolk grandfather refused to accept the French invaders
pronunciation. The car lived in the 'garridge', not a poncey 'garage')...
--
"I guess a rattlesnake ain't risponsible fer bein' a rattlesnake, but ah
puts mah heel on um jess the same if'n I catches him around mah chillun".
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