To disown DD or move to Hampshire immediately?

[Lovecat]

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

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?

I used to live in Fareham, more so than I did in Pompey.

dusty I don't have a Pompey accent but think it's probably because I lived in:

Singapore
Somerset
Hampshire
Cumbria
Scotland
Then back here.

Did speak to a Social worker last week who was very surprised that my DD2 says yes not yeh [hmmm]

Why are all these people on here who are clearly local not coming to our meet ups.

or even

I was in a town in Hampshire today. There were some women grouped outside a shopping centre who looked to be between 25-35, all with there kids of various ages (in buggies), all smoking rank fags, all talking loudly about the smack they were just about to buy. The kids were unkempt and sad looking. They all had rubbish, and yet un=mistakably native to the town accents.:)

I am a noob.

Oh emmyloulou what school(s) did you go to and what yrs??

Crofton schools I left in 97.

I've lived in Portsmouth, Portchester, Greece, France, Tenerife, France, Tenerife and Fareham!!!!

DS lived in Tenerife and Fareham

This thread is brilliant! I was born in basingstoke and lived in south ham until I was 10. Then moved to southampton, I live in shirley now! DH has the misfortune of working in portsmuff from time to time apparently I don't talk properly - he's from lichfield.

Oh I went to Cams left 96!! College 96-99!!!

rolsgirl Basingstoke or Andover I'd guess?

Well I came in to point out the peculiarity of the Cockerney-West Country hybrid that is the 'Ampshire accent but I see it has already been covered

Can I join in the Southampton love-in please, I used to live in Shirley.

I went to Highbury college

I want to join the Southampton love-in too! Was in Shirley, now in Bitterne Park.

I live in Southampton too, but I live the 'other side' of the water (on the east)

I do love all of this skate pompey baiting!

But came from Surrey with northern parents - bit of a mixed accent.

Well why aren't you all on our pompey / IOW local mn??

Shirly and Bitterne straight up the A27 from me

LuLou I went to highbury college too didn't like it at all.. I must say as a born and bred pompey lass I dislike the amount of scummers southampton people on here

I'm originally from Gosport and now live in Portsmouth.

I can see how the accent could be mistaken for Cockney, but to a local it's easily distinguishable. Pompey locals say 'deen teen' for down town and 'I does' or 'I knows'.

I can pretty accurately distinguish between a Portsmouth and a Southampton accent. Southampton has more west country (presumably because it's further west).

I work in Basingstoke and have a few colleagues who have lived all their life there. They pronounce their "th" like an "f", and they say "we was", which makes me cringe. OK, I have the strongest accent of them all, but at least I have a good excuse (didn't come to UK until I was 18). Honestly, I wouldn't particularly want a Hampshire accent for my child.

slacksally get your arse over to our local thread, we all a bit mad, but im sure you can handle it!

rolsgirl my money's on andover

moves arse

Aaah cant believe I have come across a thread that that has mentioned my school - st annes!! Never lived in soton though - always in fareham. Am also a 1997 school leaver and lots of my friends went to cams and crofton!! So weird!! Fareham girls-who went to the all you can drink nights at Prague junction?! Went to peter symonds in winchester for college - they all thought I was a bit common!!! Just about to enrol dd at Harrison primary to start next year!