Colleague's speech patterns annoying me

[cardboardPeony]

I think I probably ABU but I have a colleague who uses phrases like "X is going toilet". This really grates on me but I don't know how to say that it does or if I'm just being unreasonable and it's a regional thing.

Also we work with children and therefore should be using the language we want them to use, especially as lots of them are just learning English, but I think I am going to sound like a major pedant bringing it up.

It's used in London so it's not a 'regional' thing. I think it sounds awful. Lazy and uneducated.

We're in Essex

I lived in Bromley for 17 years, never heard it. Maybe it's more Catford or Lewisham, or Penge.

it is regional, and specific to London IMO.
The problem is that dialect specific to London is looked down on and sneered at in a way that dialects from other parts of the country are not. IMO.

It was never a 'thing' when I was young . It seems to be quite a recent development in this area .

Yes of course dropping Ts is regional. London innit?!

Especially Sarf Landon, innit.

I'm going countryshow innit?

Its common in East London.
My children went to nursery and go to school here. They haven't been harmed by listening to their carers and teachers speaking in this way.

The 'to' is left off frequently.
Going shops
Going toilet
Going school

It's used in London so it's not a 'regional' thing.

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I remember long ago a man with a barely comprehensible London accent complimenting me on the fact that even though I have a (mild, very middle class) Irish accent, it "wasn't too strong".

Next time say "is he going pee-pee or poo-poo?"

By teachers!? Really? Can you imagine a surgeon saying "I'm just going theatre"

DD says 'I'm going toilet' all the time, plus bu'er, wa'er, li'le etc. Picked it up from the staff at her nursery in SE London.

Drove me insane for ages - have tried hard to correct, told the teachers at her primary that I'm more than happy for DD to learn that the letter 't' is not supposed to be silent and that words like to, the and a are generally a good thing. They sighed and said it was an ongoing battle.

No amount of nagging from me has made any difference so I've given up. Imagine DD will eventually speak RP, but for now she fits in with all her friends.

You say they haven't been harmed name change but at a job interview they might be rejected on the basis of their inability to speak in complete sentences if they haven't grown out of it by then.

By teachers!? Really? Can you imagine a surgeon saying "I'm just going theatre" 

Yes, I work with several...

I'm from London it's quite common to hear this and I say it myself sometimes.
I also drop my Ts

I also say where you going instead of where are you going. Or do most people say that?

" It's used in London so it's not a 'regional' thing. "

yes Doin fine I was going to assume that was a typo and ignore it...

Is it regional? I have a colleague who is also a friend and says "going Nandos" "go Tesco". Drives me mad! Going to! To!

It's very common in the Cornish dialect.

Can you imagine a surgeon saying "I'm just going theatre"

Yes.

Please don't let your lack of imagination hold children back.

Clay

Well there you go.

It wouldn't bother me although I have an irrational dislike of how some people pronounce the word 'mirror' as 'mirrow'. The Disney film of the same name a few years ago nearly caused me to self combust in irritation - 'Mirrow Mirrow'

Erm what does my ability to speak properly have to do with children!?

happy sorry to disappoint but my eldest is successful in his working life.

He can also speak in patois but, like most of us, is perfectly able to speak appropriately according to situation.

He may be working class but he isn't thick.

Although I'd never say 'I'm going theatre' that sounds a bit strange.
It's mainly just toilet