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.

Titsalina - I'm just outside Chi. I moved here four years ago and am astounded at how different the accent is just a few miles up the road in Pompey. I'm from Surrey and everyone around here speaks like me. But when I'm in Portsmouth I feel like super-snob with my bloody posh accent

Why is Portsmouth called Pompey?

That isn't a bloody English accent, it's a speech impediment

Fluffy donkey, are you my friend Rebecca?

DD says that too - I'm forever correcting her. Sadly the CM has a strong West London accent & her Dad has strong East London accent so I don't stand a chance. Not that I want her to sound like a lost kiwi.

I do bring their attention to be aware of pronouncing 't's' now - most of the the time they can't help themselves as its they way they speak - innit? (arrrrrrrgh )

Ah, Habbibu, that's a really good question. Pompey is a weird nickname. I'd really love to know the answer. (Something to do with the Navy, perhaps?)

I can't ask anyone who lives there because I might sound patronising with my Surrey accent

...... still it's better than the fake American drawl she has taken to adopting from time to time (no more Dora for you Missy!). I grit my teeth and try to ignore ....

I keep thinking of the Roman consul, though - that's the only Pompey I've heard of.

I did only just find out where Surrey is the other day, though. I wouldn't know a Surrey accent if it bit me.

I lived near Portsmouth for a while when I was little (Navy Brat) and I got very confused between Pompey and Pompeii. I thought my dad worked in a volcano

You could have a packet of crips with that too Iklboo!

YABU The key to speech is surely whether the person can be understood at large, not whether you prefer the way it is said by them?

Chill out!

When we lived in sarf London as young parents, wedded to hot-housing our poor children, I taped the complete Animated Shakespeare series off the TV and forced the children, then ranging between 1 and 5 years old, to watch the complete series, in a misconceived attempt at educating them.

This played a significant part in turning my son off Shakespeare for life. However, when he was 5, he did summarise the plot of the Scottish play quite accurately in about 300 words on a sheet he proudly headed "MAKBEF".

We moved out of London shortly afterwards.

In fairness, Euphemia, people from the West Country (and a few other spots) have rhotic (r-pronouncing) accents. I've acquired one since living in Scotland. I sound like a weirdy mongrel now.

What do you suppose he might have done in a volcano, Issi? Forged gold rings, I reckons.

Habbibu

Interesting to know that west country accents are erotic I've lived here all my life and they don't do much for me....

Aww, only today my Cockney DS said "I like it better" with a Dublin accent. It warmed my heart. We've only been living back in Dublin for a month and already he's picking it up. I can't wait to get rid of the 'f' sound for 'th'.

DD has a lovely Scottish accent (I'm English, but DD's never lived there), and pronounces words correctly, but drives me up the wall using the wrong words.
'Mum, I done it', is often heard in this house, followed by me bellowing, 'did, you did is fgs'.

I do hope she doen't develop an awful Glasgow ned accent. I'd be horrified, even if I did speak in an awfully common Durham accent growing up!
It's mellowed now, northern with plenty of Scottish words thrown in.
I can't even do a fake Durham accent now!

I'd love to have an accent. I grew up in an area that doesn't have a strong regional accent and my mum's Welsh and my dad grew up in London so i just got left with something indistinct.

Still better than the mid Atlantic drawl I ended up with after a few years in the states.

bran, your DS will not lose "f" and pick up "th", you know; it will be all "tirty-tird" and "tree" and so on.

My DH had an Irish supervision partner at university, and the two of them understood one another perfectly whereas the rest of the world professed itself confused (DH, being East European said "one two tri", and the Irish bloke said "one two tree")

t t ttt TTTT tttttt tttttt ttt tttttt

Excuse me..

I found these lying on the floor, think some of you may have dropped them....