To hate southerners accents?

[mrshess]

Alright i know i am a teeny bit but i cant bear the accent from down south.
I hate all that cockney geezer talk and yet they mock northern accents

It really doesn't surprise me Fellatio. But please don't judge us all by their standards.
I'm a Northerner through and through but I hate that type of mentality with a passion.

I am rubbish at telling where accents originate, even the extreme ones. In honesty I realise now that my parents disdain towards any form of accent (the whole family is very 'posh') is quite small minded. My sister does not speak quite as properly as I do and very often takes on random twangs, for example Australian , and they HATE it. They make this known to her, and used to talk of elocution lessons when we were at (private) school because they couldn't stand anything other than speaking 'properly' as they put it. I think she speaks slightly different because she had mild hearing problems as a small child so didn't pick it all up as well.

I hate to admit that because of this 'prejudice' I do tend to notice accents and make assumptions, but I quash them quick sharp. I think that is why they were so keen on correct pronunciation, they think (possibly rightly) that people make assumptions based on accent so present as well as you can.

NinkyNonker. You really shouldn't make assumptions about people based on their accents even if you do 'quash them quick sharp.'

Your parents may have taught you to speak nicely but your manners leave a lot to be desired.

I love regional accents, I find them fascinating!

I've always wondered, do the BBC (for instance) only hire well spoken but local journalists for their regional news programmes?

I think they have to be reasonably well-spoken, (albeit regionally so) otherise no-one but their own kind would understand them! I remember watching a documentary about fishermen in Aberdeen and I honestly could not understand a single word they said!