AIBU: TO REALLY STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE... (Title edited by MNHQ)

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This week at work I have heard “Lickle”, “Hospickle” and “Punkin” used instead of little, hospital and Pumpkin, and it really confuses me. So wibu to ask if there are any words like this that really get to you?

But Pedro the word is nuclear. New Clear.

Not in my accent newwindow
I can't say "new clear". I would say sellafield "New cue lur" power plant
Sorry :-D
Care to debate haitch vs Aitch :-D ?

But of course Pedro aitch for South of the Watford Gap, Haitch elsewhere, is it so?

Choclit

Expresso rather than espresso

Innit instead of isn't it

Winderz instead of Windows

Me and my best mate argue over salt and salt, where mine sounds more like an 'al' and her sounds like it's pronounced more like an 'au' like Saut

Apparently haitch has recently "crept into English schools" its only ever been Haitch in Ireland. A few tv personalities in Ireland have tried the Aitch thing but it doesn't work :-D

Well, I must confess here. I'm Home counties, so I'm an 'aitcher' and we live down south. We have two kids. One says aitch and one says Haitch. Dad is Irish though...

flumpybear Do you pronounce Chocolate, Choc o late?
I say choc let :-)

fastwindow Is your Dad Irish or your children's Dad?
Haitch and Aitch are the least of our worries :-D

Chocklut. With a glottal stop on the T. My pronunciation has gone all to hell tbh. I never say the G in any 'ing', either.
Readin'
Washin'
Givin' up on my rubbish accent

Children's dad. My dad's a Londoner.

I bloody love regional accents. My family are from East London and they all say bleetin’ instead of bleeding, love that. And my daughter’s friend at nursery was Keddy, it was actually Kerry, but her dad was Scottish so my daughter just copied him. It just sounded so lovely.

Accents are great regardless of right or wrong pronunciation.
My ds apparently has a posh accent because he pronounces the g at the end of words haha

That is posh! I really ought to say my g's and t's. But I don't.

I bloody love the Derry accent. In fact the whole of Norn Iron. It's one I can't copy well.

Oh kerry said as keddy, love that uni
Love a Scottish accent

Oh Sputnik, you are just being provocative, you naughty little goady fucker 😂 Mam is lovely and is probably said by more of the country than mum. And Haitch is Irish, so fuck off now ducky.

sputnickbear Is your opinion so important that you couldn't be bothered to Read the fuckn Thread?

I did read it. And commented that haitch and mam are my dialect related bugbears. I’m not sure what your point is?

I don't suppose sputnik is old enough to stop giving a fuck. Or understand that 'mam' is the dialectic equivalent of 'mum'.

Or Mummy/Mama just hasn't imparted that wisdom yet?

You can say Haitch if you like. It's not common. It's just haitch.

Or understand that 'mam' is the dialectic equivalent of 'mum'
I know that. Was always taught (at school and home) that dialect words are common and to be avoided. Mam is a particular bugbear. Which is what the thread is about.

sputnik what school did you attend? Sounds quite highbrow.

This thread has evolved into acceptance and discussion of differences. Which you would have discerned, with your education, if you'd rtft.

Fast I don't think the thread is long enough to have transcended it's original intention.

If people want to join in and stick to the original point, then they can.

I used to think Mam sounded common until I realised it's what the Queen gets called.
Yes, I know it's mam and ma'am but I'm Scottish so they sound the same.
Love accents and fascinated by the differences in pronounciations.