To think its pronounced BATH not BARTH

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Maybe its a northern thing. But my brother has jusy pronounced a "bath as a "barth"

Who is right?

I am from the ne so it's bath. Randomly though I say plarster and marster-no idea why as it is obviously wrong. Don't get me started on film....

YAWN

Of course its bath, like scone is not a scon!

Bibbity. Wasn't it clear enough what the thread was about from the thread title. I'm not sure sure why you would open it and post on it just to say 'yawn'. It's seems a tad strange.

That was a good bitchy comment BitchyComment

Many mumsnetters have rhotic accents. So why not use something other than the 'r' to elongate the 'a'?

Have heard it said both ways in Wales.

To those spouting that 'it's not barth because there's not 'r' in bath', since when has the English language been phonetic?!.... Or do you say the 'g' in though and 'p' in psychology?!?

Yawn here too.
Accents duh.

Besides, isn't it a bit hypocritical of those with 'northern' accents to bang on about the correct pronunciation of bath when 'to the' becomes 't'

Yes, it's a barth.

In fact, I'm so Southern I pronounce my own username as Saucy Jarck.

Barf here too.

Because its fucking inane!

It's like saying "which is better, apples or oranges?".

Not good enough for Mumsnet.

I am from the south and would say "barth" - hate people saying bath.

Its just a regional thing

Of course it's bath, not barrrrrth...

Alas, I am a lone northern (well Midlands actually) accent in a sea of southerners, so I fear even my DS will grow up to have the regional speech impediment that leads to otherwise perfect, sensible people putting 'ahhhh' sounds in words that have no need for any such thing. Booooo.

Just to ask then-where does 'Arnna' in Frozen fit into this argument? I'm not sure I've ever heard it pronounced Arnna anywhere.

We all add the r here

Bar-th
Par-th
Car-stle
Plar-Ster
Grar-ss
Laur-gh

Liverpool here and we say "bath" but like a pp mentioned, peppa pig has ALOT to answer for.
My dd is 5 and says " sand carsel"'and the like... She's definitely influenced by that annoying yet adorable piggy.
It makes her sound a bit posh

Many mumsnetters have rhotic accents. So why not use something other than the 'r' to elongate the 'a'?

Because the person typing has a non rhotic accent?

Its baff here in S.Yorks or at least in the part i live in.
I say bath rather than barth .

It's not barth. It has no 'R' in it . The 'R" is just as an annoying modern habit lile people talking about draw-ring instead of drawing.

It's bath or Baaaath. Elongated a or short a

It's not just a Northern thing; I grew up walking distance to Bath (I'm Bristolian) and it's definitely Bath, not Barth. And laugh (not larf) and grass (not grarss) etc etc.

I changed school when I was 9yo to a private one, and they though stole my Bristolian accent, they couldn't make me pronounce Bath incorrectly.

Well I personally prefer the southern pronunciation (which is how I talk- born down south, moved to the Midlands as a young child). My children talk like me too after much correcting.

Then again I do like proper northern accents

Both are correct. It's a regional accent to say it either way.