to want to slap people who say LAY down when they mean LIE down?

[UnquietDad]

That's it, really.

I should think the mis-use of the word lay as apposed to lie would be the least of our worries. The proper English language seems to have gone out the window in recent years! I blame txting.

i know it really annoys me when super nanny says asseptable instead of acceptable or is that a word?

Sorry yes, missed the link. I don't like it sounding like hour, I think no no no.

Do you say Scone as in gone
or Scone as in stone?

I only like stone.

UD...well...if bloody english language would be simpler...problems like those would not arise....

Ha ha - a friend of mine gets really annoyed by her inability to pronounce acceptable.

scone as in stone

bath as in bath not barth

and envelope not onvelope

mustsleep - we watch Supernanny just to hear her say that. If ever I am trying to berate my children they ask me if I am finding their behaviour unasseptable. It is very hard not to laugh.

Brought instead of bought is my bugbear.

Oh Caroline - no, I most definately say scone as in gone. Scone sounds way too posh!

Do you have a gar-ah-ge or a garridge to put the car in?

I never have to say scone though as I don't buy or eat them

a garridge deffo

my friend says schoowell instead of school thats also irritating

dh says homping instead of humping - why?

I say scone like gone, and barth not bath, but I do say envelope not onvelope

this is getting quite amusing now.
Hmm, I say garige but the i sounds a bit more like an a iyswim

yes ladylush more like a garadge

do you say the-a-ter or the-ah-ter?

It is completely asseptable to say bath or grass or whatever with a clipped vowel if you have an accent that demands it. It sounds really terrible when northerners adopt long vowels - pseudo posh and horrible - unless you come from Birmingham in which case pseudo posh sound like music to the ears . You know I don't mean it. Much.

yes but the d is absent I think

so is it ok for me to pick my son up and lay him down or should i lie him down?????

the-a-ter

po-em or poyum

primark or preemark

I say theatre like fear-ter, but with a th not an f, obviously

mustsleep - homping . As long as he is doing it right, I wouldn't worry too much how he pronounces it.

ds has also started to say baybee instead of baby donlt know where he thinks he's from

Mustsleep - My sister and I say Prix Marche (with an acute over the e)

psml at preemark