Would you correct your 16/17 for.....

[bookworm8500]

CONSTANTLY saying 'freakin'? Freakin' this, freakin' that. It's genuinely nearly every sentence and we have much younger children in the house too.

She's also recently started to stop saying the 'th' sound, so instead of saying 'think', she says 'fink' and instead of 'thought' she says 'fort'. I ignore this.

It just sounds awful and I hate it. I thought this stage of talking badly to sound cool was over by about 14 years old, but it's stayed since sixth form

YABU freakin' unreasonable to correct her
YANBU and I would freakin' correct her too

I've only ever heard freaking on American TV shows 🤔 my 16 year old doesn't say it. He used to say fink or fort but dh in particular clamped right down on that, he would shout "no finks or forts in our house! Finks and forts are not welcome!" Ds got sick of hearing it 😂

It’s not just what pp bases perceptions on, it’s what lots of people perceive from these kind of pronunciations. Why do you think unintelligent characters are often portrayed in sketch shows etc using a ‘f’ sound instead of ‘th’? It’s a stereotype for a reason.
Yes there are plenty of very clever people who use incorrect pronunciations and on the flip side there are well-spoken people who are pretty thick, but still many people do make assumptions about intelligence levels based on the way someone speaks, even if they shouldn’t.

Even if they shouldn't.

It's a stereotype for a reason, yes. The reason is snobbery. Don't pander to it.

These posters are basically staying stereotypes should stand because it's how it's always been

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But freakin' isn't 'swears'. 😕

Which is why I said I wouldn't correct it @CustardySergeant unless it was directed at someone as in 'you're a freakin' cunt'

Who said it has to be like I speak? You don't know how I speak.

There are so many ads where people use the same type of speaking OP is referring to. It's almost not accurate to describe it as an accent as it's a chosen/adopted speaking style. There's little in its favour and the sooner it goes out of fashion the better

You didn't say it had to be like you speak. Neither did I. But you did suggest it should be more like you speak (i.e. pronouncing the "th" sound).

But why shouldn't ads be voiced more in the way that other people speak?

"There's little in its favour" is hardly an answer. One thing in its favour is that it's how some people speak. And it absolutely is (part of) an accent or idiolect.

Oh dear, it's right there you did type it. Also, it's an invented rather than authentic dialect. Dangerous in its way

Dialects, word choices and words meanings are an organic concept which grows and changes over time

It's not inherently bad or good. It's just how language works

You don't seem to understand the use of modifiers like "more" in simple English sentences, so I suppose it's no surprise that you don't understand more sophisticated areas of language.

But, have a go... What's an "invented" dialect and why is it inferior to an "authentic" dialect, let alone "dangerous"?

No, I wouldn't.