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[Imstaying50untilDHdoesit]

I'm watching the match on telly and every time the commentator says ter instead of to I'm correcting him.

So instead of having Son passing to Kane. I'm listening to Son passing ter Kane.

And it's not just the football, poor to seems to be dying a slow and painful death.

Anyway to my AIBU, my DH was giving out to me for shouting at the telly (he was messing), and he said I have to appreciate that the commentators can't hear me, and even if they could I'm being pedantic.

Should I LTB?

Pendent Corner is that way ->.

Also it's really bloody annoying when someone is having an argument with the TV. As I tell my husband, 'write to them if it irritates you so much, I dont care to hear about it'.

‘People speak in different dialects shocker’

Are people not allowed to have accents? That's the problem with football, it's full of working class people, speaking in their regional accents.

But it's not just the television. It's in every day life:

I went ter the shops etc

You are correct. It’s not an accent. It’s laziness.

Who was the commentator?

I am with you on this. It's not just football commentators, politicians seem to have started saying 'tuh' (Boris and co on the daily briefings were doing it a lot) and I find it really hard not to correct each one out loud, probably increasing the volume each time. I don't think it's an accent /dialect thing, that wouldn't grate on me in the same way at all.

poor to seems to be dying a slow and painful death

I don't understand what this means. Can someone explain?

I'm saying the word "to" is gradually being killed in favour of the non word "ter"