To fight DD's English accent.

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I'm Irish, DD (2.10) is growing up in England. She won't sound like me, I accept that. But ho' wa'uh for "hot water"? I'm going to have to start beating her till she says it properly, it's clearly the only possible response.

i feel your pain yanbu

Depends on where you are living. Our DD sounds like the Queen compared to me, but she has never lived in the UK.

Oh goodness if she is dropping her "ts" then yadnbu for beating her, I think it may be the only way.

I fear for ds, whenever her talks about what has gone on at nursery he drops into a local accent. I was going to get a cattle prod to shock him every time he does it.

ardly proper English that innit

Cattle prod, you say, Easily? [muses]

nice

You will have a different accent over time too.

I thought it would be effective. A short, sharp shock every time he starts to get too local. Plus I can just reach across the living room with it so I don't have to step away from MN.

I was constantly corrected when I was growing up, which I hated I didn't want to sound like someone with a formal telephone voice.

But saying that, I still correct DD1 when she sayd 'bo'ule' (bottle) or 'compu'ah', she can talk like that after she's learnt it propa like wot I did

Easily can you please post if the cattle prod starts to work. We're having a similar problem, but I'm reluctant to start treatment unless I know it is going to work.

DH and I are english, and live in Scotland.

Ds says "ma knee's a wee bit nippy daddy"

My husband's head nearly exploded

My stock response to my son when he drops t's for example, is 'Water has a t in it for a reason, USE IT!' And he will even correct himself now too I love regional accents but hate poor grammar and diction with a passion. There's a fine line between accent and dialect too, I suppose.

I'm English, DH is English, DS is English. DS gets into trouble if he tries ho' wa'er (or worse bokkle, kekkle - a la MIL)

I can say it all I like now can't I?

"It's not 'y'know' it's you know"

y'know y'know y'know y'know

Ooooh, I understand you all! DS has started to piss me off by sayaing "pow" and "nappay"!

Yet I'm not sure I can blame CBeebies, as there are loads of Scots on, for some reason! (Nina, Granny Murray, Balamory, Big City Park people, etc.).

geordieminx - we're the opposite, both of us are Scottish, living down here.

When the ILs come down they say to dd "C'mon and we'll go to the park for a wee shot on the chute". She has NO idea what they're talking about.

Mind you, a week in Scotland and her accent is immaculately Scottish.

I think the pronunciation of the words you described is not English as such.My dd and dh re English and don't speak like that.

We're in Yorkshire! I don't mind her sounding Yorkshire, but I've no idea where the glottal stops are coming from.

My ds (8) was awful for this.

After 2 days of "fining" him for every dropped 't' (and we have 2 in our surname!!) he stopped. 5p per dropped 't'. The first day it cost him all hi spocket money for the week (£1). Next day 25p, then none!!!!

he learned fast!!!

My DS is 3 and hasn't yet mastered 'th'. So I get "you're my muvver" which should be cute but makes my teeth itch.

He can MAKE the sound - he has a slight lithp - but not in the right place.

Please someone reassure me it's not too late?

I've got a strong Sarf East london accent. It's an accent. It doesn't mean I'm thick or stupid, it means that when I was growing up my peers spoke in a specific way which I "copied". I spoke with a Welsh accent until I was 3 because of my parents.

My grammar is fine, thanks very much. I just have an accent which means that I often drop my "T's"

The End.

It isn't so much the pronunciation or accent, the thing that gets my goat is the sloppy way DD will let words run into each other. It has improved since she had grommets fitted but there is still room for improvement.
Is a cattle prod the same as a TASER?

Not if you use a cattle prod, stillfrazzled. [pats head kindly].

Put the kekkle on, I've brought a bokkle of milk. Shall we watch the Draklia film on TV? Have you had your chimley swept yet? (MIL)

That's the thing, Shirley. It doesn't even seem to be the local accent.