Dropping her T’s

Look at the non-rhotic R in the RP accent that you admire so much. The dropping of Rs might sounds inarticulate or sloppy to the ear of those with other accents. .But it is not, it’s rules based itself and simply a different way of organising sounds.

...the U.K.

'I've also worked in Paris in an office but with people from all over France and beyond and there was a lot of snobbery/sarcasm about accents.'

I agree, but not nearly to the same extent as in the U.

@PaxAeterna You don’t understand the difference between grammar and pronunciation. I do.
My ideas aren't based on snobbery, and they are based on enunciation not pronunciation.

Dropping t’s is feature of regional accents. You don’t understand the difference between grammar and pronunciation. Your ideas are based on snobbery basically rather than any linguistic knowledge.

@Spookygoose , it's also inarticulate.

@PaxAeterna , @MasterBeth , I didn't say anything about 'proper accent'. The King's English generally means correct usage and grammar.

@HundredMilesAnHour If his south London accent was consistent, it would be fine but it isn't. That's what I meant by he rolls into it every now and then. I know people who are also born and raised in Tooting and they don't do this.

I've also worked in Paris in an office but with people from all over France and beyond and there was a lot of snobbery/sarcasm about accents.

I think this is one of the most condescending posts I’ve ever read on MN! What a load of snobby, self-righteous waffle!!

No more so than if the King is communicating to someone who is not a king.

What makes one type of English more correct than another?

Says who?

There is no “proper accent”. All accents are governed by their own rules and are systematic. You are uneducated about language development.

No it won’t. Accents affect pronunciation not the written word. The RP accent has a non-rhotic R for example which is quite different to other accents ….but i’m sure they all learn how to spell the same.

People pick up the accepts of people around them and there is little you can do about that. I picked up the t-dropping from my husband cos his mum is a Londoner and it drove my posh parents mad, but what annoyed them more was the rising inflection that I picked up from a pe teacher at my secondary school. They always corrected me but it's too well ingrained now. You can correct her at home all you want but if all her friends speak like that she will always slip back into that and for all you know maybe her teacher speaks like that.

You are not correct, @Thursdayschild2025 . There is such a thing as speaking properly. It's not about accent, it's about communicating clearly.
BTW, your long and tedious post that @NorthenAdventure quoted contains errors.

I know what you mean. I consciously learnt how to speak with a New Zealand accent as I hated standing out at school.

I can only imagine the teachers laughing at your request.

Honestly, she’ll grow out of it.

They would be fine as that is their accent. Very different to speaking your own language poorly. Similar to how people get allowances when English is a second language.

I get that point. If you are Irish or French and speak differently no one is going to think less of you, they know that you are speaking with your own countries accent, but speaking your own language poorly is different.

Me too. If I'm speaking to an American I immediately go into an American accent. It's really weird because I can't normally do accents to save my life normally. I have to actually explain to them that I am not taking the mick. I just can't help it.

It may impact spelling ability at this age though.

I’d be furious if a teacher starting correcting children’s accents in the class. Like WTF. No regional accent is “wrong”

Please don’t correct your small child’s speech either. It will dent their confidence. They will likely end up speaking like you. If it is so important to you, you need to move your child to a school where everyone speaks the accent you like.

Maybe she is getting it off a friend she is hanging out with.

I've heard one street away can make a difference in England. Lol

I spoke like this as a child and when we arrived in New Zealand when I was 7 a friend's mum used to pull me up for it. My friends thought it was funny how she was teaching an English girl to speak English. Funny enough my parents didn't speak like this so I must of picked it up from school.

Yes, I find it annoying when someone is completely correct and I have no comeback of any kind but wish I had. I find that shutting up at that point is best, but sorry you found the fact that I was completely correct so insufferable you couldn't help yourself.

Also, thank you for drawing attention to my post, I do hope people keep quoting me as I very much want my post to be easy to find, and preferably one of the last comments on the thread :)