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To disown DD or move to Hampshire immediately?

296 replies

Lovecat · 10/09/2010 11:33

She came home from first day in Y1 at (Greater London) school yesterday and said "Teacher arksed me"...

ShockShock

My inner pedant is appalled.

DH's reaction is to want us to move "back" to his neck of the woods so she grows up speaking proper, like. Is he over-reacting? Wink

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Greensleeves · 10/09/2010 14:38

just don't move to Dudley

sharbie · 10/09/2010 14:39

dd has a teacher at school from dudley and she loves her accent

Feelingsensitive · 10/09/2010 14:41

Don't rely on Surrey to give you a BBC type accent. I am Surey born and bred and could easily get a bit part on EastEnders. My posh friend informed me I am unaware of the letters T and H Blush

BreevandercampLGJ · 10/09/2010 14:45

FS

Which end of Surrey ?? Grin

Although seriously, surely poor diction etc., is down to the parents. I am constantly correcting my DS, to the point where I hate the sound of my own voice. But he is not going to grow up, without being able to speak correctly.

MrsMellowdrummer · 10/09/2010 14:51

Lamplighter, oh my goodness, I'm wearing a coat today that I bought from Johnny's. That was probably my best buy ever!!

So who else used to trek around the pubs in Old Portsmouth with fake ID then?

sharbie · 10/09/2010 14:54

i went to grannys once

pompadourprincess · 10/09/2010 14:57

Not old Portsmouth but I did frequent Zoom and Basement with a friends sisters birth certificate on many occasions . Also Martins in Guildhall walk and 5th avenue which was my favourite venue ..

sharbie · 10/09/2010 15:00

it was in the tricorn i think

lamplighter · 10/09/2010 15:12

Anyone remember The Grapes in Lime Street with the mannequin at the piano?

Bumperlicious · 10/09/2010 15:31

No bree, not the leafy part Grin

Don't really think it is down to parents, think it is more down to peers. I speak fairly well, Home Counties but not too Home Counties IYKWIM, as does my mum. My bro and sis on the other hand are almost from another world...

MrsMellowdrummer · 10/09/2010 15:50

5th Avenue... Oh YES! Used to go to "Nappy Nights" there, with non alcoholic drinks only, when I was about 15 or something. We used to sip Blue Nun and rank cider under the pier before we went in though, and thought we were so grown up!

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Lovecat · 10/09/2010 16:17

Bree, I am VERY well-spoken (albeit with flat A's) and DH, as previously mentioned, is almost RP-ish in his pronunciation. DD spoke beautifully til she began nursery - we are sick of correcting her and she is now (at 5) beginning to strop over us insisting she pronounces her T's. Arks was the final straw!

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Lovecat · 10/09/2010 16:19

Funnily enough, Hampshire peeps, my DN has just come back today from a visit to Portsmouth Uni with a view to doing Criminology (sp?) there. She loved it... does this mean she's going to come back in 3 years' time sounding half Essex, half Farmer? :o

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dustycups · 10/09/2010 16:23

oi stop dissing the pompey accent, its class.

i have a touch of it and my dc seem to be developing nicely too!

emmyloulou · 10/09/2010 16:36

My kids are well spoken, so luckily my horror of an accent has not worn on them.

The inlaws are so funny though as DH is very well spoken but every now and then he makes a faux pas which he has picked up from me Grin Their faces.

Zoom and basement and 5th ahh yes many underage drinks in there during my college days, those were the days.

lamplighter · 10/09/2010 16:39

I am well spoken and my brother sounds like he has wandered off the Mile End Road. How do these things happen?

mumbar · 10/09/2010 17:03

Well 5th and Basement became time and Envy. Now closed down. Theres a new club in Commercial Road now. Tricorn knocked down years ago - any one remember being dragged taken there for photos at Olan Mills when young?

Most clubs are now Guildhall Walk and Gunwharf.

Can't believe no-onee mentioned Route 66 AKA Route Grin

dustycups · 10/09/2010 17:07

lol at mumbar trying to convince you all she aint got a pompey accent! i have met her Grin

joke!!

Meglet · 10/09/2010 17:08

lovecat & mellowdrummer Kempshott and Aldworth Grin.

emmyloulou · 10/09/2010 17:08

I had sex in the tricorn when it was no longer in use that just reminded me he was my bf at the time Blush

Ahh route, yeah the times I have been to gunwharf when I am down it seems to be all about Tiger Tiger which seems crap.

ilovesprouts · 10/09/2010 17:13

my ex dh from bristol hes lived up here[west yorks] for 5 years now and still got the bristol accent ,his fam i cant understand them at all Grin

mumbar · 10/09/2010 17:33

Yeah Tiger Tiger not that great I don't think but I'm not a fan of clubbing anymore.

Dusty I do have a Pompey accent just as you know I moved to Village outside and went to Posh secondary school and poshed up a bit Grin

All you Shirly crew anyone been to Fareham!!!
I'm there now so kinda Pompey and S'ton

in the middle off the M27 Wink

dolphin13 · 10/09/2010 17:57

Oi you lot I'm from darn sarf pompey way and I'll ave you know I'm dead posh. Grin

dustycups · 10/09/2010 18:01

dolphin Grin actually cant remember your accent, we need to spend longer chatting!

mumbar · 10/09/2010 18:01

Dolphin you ARE posh compared to us Grin

Now we just need LM1 to come and help fight our corner!!!