to make my son write out 1000 lines?

[pinkbasket]

He is constantly repeating back to me words that we say differently. I am a northerner, he is a southerner and he is constantly pulling me up about the way I say words . Cheeky sod.

YABU, you should learn to talk properly - he is trying to help you

As a fellow northern tell him ''t shut thee trap lad or i'll give thee a rite gud seein' to'

HTH

I think 1000 lashes would be more appropriate. That'd stop the southern jessie saying parth, barth and larst

You Northerners can't hear properly either - we're not saying barth, we're saying b-ah-th. As in 'the doctor say say ah'.

Make him write an essay on regional dialects. If he's going to argue for a southern accent being in some way superior, he needs research and a well balanced argument to back it up.

2500 words should cure him do it!

Barth/b-ah-th ~ both are wrong and grating on sensitive northern ears (am married to a southern jessie).

Is "thousand" one of the words that you argue about. Do you need to agree on the pronunciation before the punishment can commence?

Your saved you Trill!

I wouldn't care but he is being damn cheeky when he does it.

My dd has started saying cunt for couldn't, wunt for wouldn't and I am not happy.

Next thing he'll be doing is insisting you throw out the deep fryer. Spank that child!

Send him down t'mine.

Down t'pit FFS getorf! Or off t'mill!

Get him to clean out t'racing pigeons.

Beat him to within an inch of his life and dance on his grave singing hallelulah!

(Monty Python just in case you think I am a weird psycho!)

Yes get him to do it - another one here who hates some of it. My pet hate is when people answer the phone and say hello. I say it as it is spelt (helloh), some southerners say it as a mixture between 'helleye'and 'hellay' and it pisses me right off...come on southerners, why do you say it like that?!

Ring up someone from Hull and get them to say hello - Hu-luuh

Now that is wrong

I wouldn't care but I haven't lived up North for years and my accent isn't even that strong . Cheeky boy.

when will you southerners understand the use of the t' we would say "are you going t'shops" but would never say "down t'mine" or "down t'pit" as the t is a shortened version of to not a shortened version of the. We miss out the the altogether so it would be "down mine" of "down pit" Can everyone including the people who do subtitles for Corrie please remember that!

hear hear, mrsunreasonable..sorry, I mean 'ear 'ear

pinkbasket I know it's kind of a jokey thread - but seriously, I would put a stop to it now. It's rude and unacceptable - if he thinks it's OK to do this to you, it will just get worse to the point where he has no respect for you.

Alrite pet?

Start playing Houghton Weavers or the Lancashire Hotpots to him!!![ chippy tea!]]

Try again

Oh yes, ChippingIn, I wanted it to be a funnyish thread but deep down I am pretty pissed off with him for doing it. I have told him off and that he is being rude but he doesn't care.

Eeeee ya daft'apath tell him it's thine twang e's chuntering aboot and happen e should shut e's cake'ole

Just broaden your accent - only when his friends are around though.

Call him petal as well.

Petal is a brilliant idea [wicked grin]