"T i m" wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:34:09 +0100, JNugent
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On 12/04/2021 06:31 pm, T i m wrote:

whisky-dave wrote:

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Back on the words / spelling thing, I am reminded constantly (TV and
ITRW) how many people *say* 'anythinK' but I wonder what percentage of
them would write is like that?

That's not a spelling error,

I didn't suggest it was, quite the opposite in fact.

just a quirky regional pronunciation.

I'm not sure I've seen any sign of that, other than maybe from people
from poorer areas who may not have enjoyed a good education, maybe
over several generations. That's often where I hear the 'we was' and
now the 'anythink'.

I
still know lots of people who would say that it that way but would
always spell it correctly.

Any that you are close enough to to ask *why* they pronounce it that way?

They basically learn to say it that way from their parents etc.

I have a mate who can easily 'lock in' a miss pronunciation
of something, if he reads / hears it incorrectly the first time.
Like he currently refers to the home automation software
as 'Home Assist', rather than 'Home Assistant'.

Sure, but that's a quite different effect and doesn't
produce lots of people doing it like that.

And when young my parents corrected me if I ever said 'we was' and why
it seems so strange that so many people also seem to get that wrong?

Yes that is weird.

And it's so commonly used in conversation so comes up pretty
frequently.

Very common in the counties around London.

In the 'old days' they employed / expected people 'on TV' to
be able to speak properly, 'BBC / received pronunciation etc.

I get that might not be so relevant today with all
the inclusion stuff however I think they do at least
need to use real words and pronunciations?

Yeah, you don't hear too many of those employed
by the BBC etc using words like anythink.

Ok, I get some people will use Tautologies ... "3am in the morning
..." or use the wrong names for things because they have only heard
others using them incorrectly ('Robin Reliant') and more cultural like
'aks' instead of 'ask', but where did the hard 'H' in 'aitch or
anythinK come from?

Hell of a lot turns up with google, unsurprisingly.