to want some help correcting my sons pronounciation...?

[NordicPrincess]

Please help.

My son whos 4.5rys has started dropping his T`s etc.. when speaking. Its driving me mad.

His grand dad (not biological but whatever) is scottish and speaks with a really broad accent. He never says words properly and where my son copies his with his english accent it just sounds really nasty. I cant stop his granddad talking this way and i keep trying to correct him but he still keeps talking this way. I really dont like it it sounds awful.

What can I do?

Don't take it so personally, it's a common mistake! My (very smart) DP does it all the time, bless him.

Seriously, I don't the accent thing is an issue. It's normal for kids to pick up bits of different accents within the family. It's going to happen to us, for sure, as I'm Northern and DP is a Londoner. I see the same sort of thing with my little nieces and nephews. Why does it matter?

You are absolutely right about there being no direct link between all spellings and all pronunciations.

But with many words correct pronunciation will help with correct spelling. There will always be those that don't.