Dropping her T’s

I just keep correcting my daughter.

Don't be snobby and ridiculous.

She's a young girl attempting to fit it. I did exactly the same thing, but also added swearing into the mix to disguise my rather well spoken accent at school, I stood out like a sore thumb for it.

I can easily converse with people at all levels and alter how I speak somewhat appropriately. It's never been an issue as an adult, it's been a benefit.

Leave her be.

When I was in school my family all spoke with pronounced Liverpool accents. However when I went to work in a profession I began to speak received English. My family hated it and accused me of being snobbish so I code switched when I was with them. Later in life when I became an academic I was glad I had learned to speak correct English. As another poster has pointed out people whose first language is not English would have found it difficult to understand a strong regional accent. The advantage is that I can drop into broad Liverpudlian when I need to - such as answering the phone and pretending to be someone else.

Just correct her and speak with all "t"s :) did she manage to drop her t's since September 1st-3rd when the schools started?

It could be worse, the reception TA in the first school mine went to said ‘bockle’ and ‘lickle’, which a lot of the children started to copy 🤦🏻‍♀️.
It would bother me too but I don’t think there’s anything you can do bar modelling the correct way to pronounce the words.

Well, regardless, it's still utterly ridiculous.

Was there ever a question that it was a class thing? OP is a raging snob.

It's pointless trying to "correct" accents like this, but the kid will easily be able to switch as needed when they're older. My accent goes all over the place depending on which friends and family I'm with, and I can go full RP when I want to. Can't let snooty people worry that I'm not the right sort.

Well, to be fair, he does rather gabble.

DS used to say 'Mummy, may I have a glass of wa'er' in the local accent when he wanted to rile me up from around the age of three. I used to say 'Glottal stops make me go deaf'.

As your DD grows up she will become her own individual, she will probably do lots of tbings you might not like. Let her experiment with her speech, in a new school she may feel she needs to fit in at first. Once she is more settled and has a secure group of friends, her accent might change again.

You are thinking about moving schools because your daughter is picking up a local dialect?

Seriously?

But that's enough of a distance for there to be a different dialect or accent. My in-laws are in a Northern town on the edge of a border with another town who's accent is distinctly different.

You're drawing attention to it every time you correct her.

It's also possible that the children her age in the previous school are also talking like this.

When i was a small-ish child we moved from my native Northern Part Of UK to a Posh Southern Part. Where, in what was then called Top Infants and first year Junior, my accent was soundly and roundly - sometimes literally - kicked out of me.

Children learn to code switch, so you can carry on insisting on enunciated Ts or whatever at home, just be prepared that when DC is with other children they know, they will revert.

OP, if you are in the Midlands then this is definitely a class thing. Dropping ts would not be commonplace in the private schools, but it would be much more common in local state schools depending on the demographic mix. (I am also in the Midlands)

Same for me. My mum was a teacher and was very insistent that I learn to speak properly so she always pulled me up on my pronounciation at home.

It put me in a good stead as an adult and I now work in a global company (and deal with 55 countries) with constant communication with mainly non-native English speakers so me speaking ‘correctly’ makes it much easier for them to understand me. I’ve also learnt the hard way myself when speaking other languages how much harder it can be to understand people who speak with stronger accents/dialects.

Wait till she becomes a teen, then she'll talk like a roadman! Innit!

It would come across as snobby

It wouldn't just come across as snobby. It IS snobby.

I’ve had something similar with my youngest. I correct it at home but wouldn’t dream of saying anything to the school. It would come across as snobby and, depending on where you live, there is a decent chance that many staff and families at the school use that dialect. Let’s be honest- this is a class thing in many parts of the country. Pointing this out at the school would mark you out as snobby and elitist which I’m sure you wouldn’t want.

This was me as a child, 40-odd years ago. I still joke about it now. My mum always corrected my pronunciation at home, so I learnt to speak one way at home, the other with friends or at school. It was no big deal and I've found it useful on occasion over the years to either drop into the local dialect or speak properly!

Oh god don’t speak to the teacher! You’d be the staff room laughing stock 🤣 it wouldn’t make a difference anyway, she’s picking up a way of speaking from other kids, you think the teacher’s going to hold an assembly on it and ask all the kids not to drop their Ts?! Even if in some alternate universe they did, it wouldn’t stop the kids from speaking how they naturally do. It’s reeeally not that important. Don’t constantly correct her, it’ll make her self-conscious or make her develop a superior attitude to the other kids. No one likes a child with a superior attitude. Just suck it up and be glad you don’t have bigger things to worry about.