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

[UnquietDad]

That's it, really.

noooo....

what is it really supposed to be?

also house of fraser or house of frazier? iy's the same friend that does the primark thing

frazier?

Frazier is unasseptible

my son says water as watar

ok how about kevin on eastenders he says
denize instead of denise

My grandmother said "scorn" for "scone" (and "orf" for "off").

She was very posh...

She would have thought that scone pronounced bone was very lower middle class . Far better scone pronounced gone.

weetabecs lol

Anna - I would say that was affected speech which is even worse than posh.

lol anna, ha!! so there, all you posho types saying 'scone/stone' it is scone/gone hahahah
hahahah

rofl..Wisteria...hope you didn't leave a permanet mark!

mybaby...what is reticent?

tigerchick, the local thing here is that people say...can I borrow the toilet...at first I always ended saying...you what....

bonita...lol at baked pronounced liked naked....with me it was always the beloved that god me...! I don't think I ever get the effect/affect thing...i.e why it is so confusing.

Doodle isn't it wake/woke/woken? (far to long since englsih lessons...obviously)

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OK. How about this one? I am just about to welcome into my extended family a Francis. When I mentioned this to my friend she fell about laughing and said "you can't call him that!" Because, being a Northerner, I say "Fran-cis" and she, being a pansy Southerner, says "Frarn-cis". He is from the South too but now lives oop North.

I now can't call him anything and have to just look at him and try to catch his eye when I want to speak to him. My parents and brother call him Fran-cis without batting an eyelid.

I can't say Frarn-cis as I feel silly - but df says this is his given name and I am actually mispronouncing it if I say it my way.

i thought it was posh if you said scone-gone

rather than the other way stone - may be i am pish after all

Frankie?

or even posh

Funny how we make these associations isn't it.

You can be pished and posh

I was once told on MN that I must be posh because I say "med-sin" instead of "med-i-cine."

I can't call him Frankie - and I'll be singing that dratted song all day now.

marth - just shout 'oi' and click your fingers when you want to talk to him, thats what we southerns do lol

Frankie, do you remember me.................. shit, sorry

OK, law3 Or I could maybe just punch him on the arm in a playful manner to attract his attention.

is it ibuprofen or ibrooprofen

marth - thats the ticket, or fingers in your mouth for a loud whistle, then get up the apples and pears and answer the dog and bone

I could say how much I like his whistle and flute And ask him if he could lend me a donkey. Or is it a pony?

marth - lol you wouldnt lend, you would borrow, say borrow me a tenner mate, followed by a slap on the back!!

My dh says 'poym' for poem! What's that all about?

He's not posh. He is Oldham-Polish