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AIBU?

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to hate the way my DD speaks?

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suwoo · 14/02/2008 14:42

DD who is nearly 6 is developing a real Manchester accent. I know I live in Manchester, but I speak 'naicely' and would prefer her to do so too. Every time she calls me 'Mumm-eh' its like fingers down a blackboard and I always say 'its mumm-ee', well actually I normally hiss it. DH hates the fact I correct her and says that as we live in Manchester, that is her accent and I should get used to it. AIBU?

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suwoo · 15/02/2008 13:50

Yeah, I think I'd rather the mumm-eh than the shootings . Maybe see you in there one day bohemian, I'll be the one with the DD with the Bury accent .

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suwoo · 15/02/2008 13:52

I know Benchill gatleygirl, NICE , don't be coming near my DD then with your wythenshawe accent and influencing her further

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SilentTerror · 15/02/2008 13:57

OHH, Wythenshawe??? Definitely not ok in John Lewis!!
Always feel very yummy mummyish when in JL.
Make sure makeup is perfect and highlights gleaming!!

gatleygirl · 15/02/2008 14:00

tee hee, suwoo I'm actually from stockport, livng in gatley at the mo - there was a great episode in the last Royle Family series when they talked about how posh it was to have moved out to gatley! Ever since, DH nad i have laughed at having "made it"! Hubby is from Cambridge so v. different sounds to round here - all his family think we sound like Oasis "avin it!".

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suwoo · 15/02/2008 14:02

Gatley is posh! I loved the Royle Family, I worked in Wythenshawe when it used to be on, loads of people from the local area worked there and the similarities were hilarious.

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SilentTerror · 15/02/2008 14:02

Yes, Dh went to manchestr uni and had a friend from Gatley. His wife was always in JL....

Botbot · 15/02/2008 14:33

Is Chorlton posh now then? My dad used to work in the Barclays bank there when I was little - it wasn't posh then.

Might have to go and have a gawp next time I'm up north.

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suwoo · 15/02/2008 14:41

Its not posh per se, its quite the desired place to live, but quite bohemian maybe? lots of little cafes/bars and a big health food/organic type shop. Its a cross between lentil weavery/yummy mummy really. Obviously still some undesirable places nearby as with anywhere.

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UnquietDad · 15/02/2008 15:00

I suppose what's a desirable area will always depend on schools? Seems to be the case in Sheffield. I spoke to an estate agent about this and he said that for him it is the one key factor which" makes" an area.

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suwoo · 15/02/2008 15:40

Thats a never ending circle though isn't it, because the pupils maketh the school and the area maketh the pupils. So if an area is good then the school tends to be so too IYKWIM.

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gatleygirl · 15/02/2008 16:07

Love "lentil weavery" - sums up chorltonites perfectly - not to be confused with didsbury "knit your own museli" types tho!

bohemianbint · 15/02/2008 16:12

Apparently people in Didsbury are the slimmest in Manchester.

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suwoo · 15/02/2008 16:19

Really? not heard that....ponces

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bohemianbint · 15/02/2008 16:22

According to the catalogue of killings South Manchester Reporter, anyway...

pointydog · 15/02/2008 16:22

YABU

UnquietDad · 15/02/2008 16:24

Didsbury was where they all lived in "Cold Feet", wasn't it?

kerala · 15/02/2008 17:15

YANBU

Unfairly I think certain strong accents can be a hindrance when applying for some jobs. For example if you interviewed at my old job (traditional city law firm) with a broad Somerset accent you wouldn't get very far.

At my school the broader your accent the cooler you were....I was deemed a total square for not speaking like the worzels.

gatleygirl · 15/02/2008 17:24

kerala, i speak with a manc accent, went to a state school yet used to work in a very traditional city law firm (one of the most blue chip) - i probably was a bit of a curiosity to some but its not an absolute bar to that sort of employment. perhaps it depends on what type of regional accent you have - some are seen a lot more negatively than others...

kerala · 15/02/2008 18:11

I think unfairly that a very strong rural accent makes some people think the speaker is abit slow. Mean but sadly true in some spheres (city law firms I dare say)

SilentTerror · 15/02/2008 18:57

Suwoo,my grandparents lived in Whitefield so I know it well.....

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suwoo · 15/02/2008 20:15

SilentTerror when was that? I've only lived here 5 yrs. I have decided after much soul searching due to this thread, that its actually the 'Bury' in her accent that I dislike...manc would be preferable

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Botbot · 15/02/2008 20:23

Just think, if there's ever a Madchester revival, she'll be the coolest girl around.

I went to university in London in 1990, at the height of it all, and you should have heard the cringy Manchester accent I used to put on to try to look cool. Even though I'm from 20 miles south of there. I'd definitely have said 'Mumm-eh', even though that's not how we say it in Cheshire. Am just to think of it.

mumeeee · 15/02/2008 20:36

YABU. She is a little girl who is being bought up in Manchester so she will develop a mManchester accent. If you keep coreccting her she might just stop speaking to you.

mrsruffallo · 15/02/2008 20:49

YABU. Agree mumeeee

CissyCharlton · 15/02/2008 20:53

I have a northern accent. I've never tried to disguise it and I think it's served me well over the years. I've lived all over the country and at times have been a little self-conscious. However, people have on the whole been very complimentary about it.

The thing about the Manchester accent is that I've always found it a little affected. I remember how people spoke in Manchester pre-1990. Thereafter, I think that Mancs laid it on with a shovel (if you get my drift). I wouldn't want to hear my child speak with that accent suwoo. Bolton, Liverpool, East Lancashire accents I don't mind, but not Mancunian.