Looney Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I remember as a teenager hearing a lady ask for a 'plarster' from the first aid kit and I fell about laughing. I'd never heard a southern accent before and genuinely thought she was putting it on! My poor mother was so embarrassed by me! My OH's gran insists on "correcting" me on saying bath and laugh etc with short vowels instead of barth and larrf His grandad once enquired whether I felt my regional accent had held me back in my career progression ! I'll let him off he was nearly 90! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Here in Surrey, my DD3 had a teacher who insisted all his class said 'bath', not 'barth'. I don't know if he thought it would help with spelling, but he appeared to be telling his pupils that their colloquial pronunciation was wrong. How can the Queen's English be wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Someone I know moved to Dover at the age of 5 after living in Bradford all her life. She didn't have a clue what everyone was on about in PE at school when they were asked to put on their plimsols.... she only knew them as we do up North as "pumps". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I remember when i first started teaching and i had just about got used to the Birmingham accent when a new boy joined the class who was from Bristol. He came to my desk and asked for a rubber but for the life of me i couldnt understand what he was saying after asking him to repeat it several times and asking other pupils what he was saying he walked away Looking back it was quite funny but the poor boy must have wondered who he had ended up with as his teacher! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Someone I know moved to Dover at the age of 5 after living in Bradford all her life. She didn't have a clue what everyone was on about in PE at school when they were asked to put on their plimsols.... she only knew them as we do up North as "pumps". Well I'd be stumped We had "daps" A xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Someone I know moved to Dover at the age of 5 after living in Bradford all her life. She didn't have a clue what everyone was on about in PE at school when they were asked to put on their plimsols.... she only knew them as we do up North as "pumps". Well I'd be stumped We had "daps" A xx I remember daps I wore daps when I lived in Wales, but the exact same shoes were pumps when I lived in the north west. Good job I didn't go to school down here in the south or else I could have ended up thoroughly mixed up about my PE footwear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I call them pumps. My welsh friend calls them daps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 You lived in Wales too....hmnn interesting. So were "daps" a Welsh thing.... A xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 11, 2007 Author Share Posted July 11, 2007 We call them pumps here as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 We call them rubbers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 We call them rubbers! A word to the wise Chookie! Never ask for a pair in a shoe shop in New York. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Dare I ask why? Edited to add: Scrub that request - I just realised... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Dare I ask why? Edited to add: Scrub that request - I just realised... A friend of mine who was working in NY for a year wanted some erasers and caused great mirth in the store when she asked the question. They look forward to the English coming in apparently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 11, 2007 Author Share Posted July 11, 2007 ..and don't ask for Jiffy Bags in the US either - padded envelopes are what you need.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Lesley, that just reminded me - do you remember those ghastly t shirts in the advertising campaign for Jiffy 'you-know-whats'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 11, 2007 Author Share Posted July 11, 2007 erm...... no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I'll PM you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I'm intrigued.... .....although I probably don't really want to know what you are talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 12, 2007 Author Share Posted July 12, 2007 No, you don't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I always used to sat parth and barth. Its only since going to college in Doncaster and then living in Leicestershire that i've started to rponounce them weith short vowels. Recently though, the old pronounciation has been creeping back but its so mixed up, no-one can tell where i come from by my accent. I was born in Hemel Hempstead and lived in Hertfordshire until the age of 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I'll PM you! PM me, I want to know too....Please BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
