This has never happened to me before so I'm a bit thrown. 1 year relationship - suddenly he's unhappy with my accent and how I pronounce certain words. For context I'm a working class woman who's moved about - I've got a little bit of a northern twang but mainly southern. I used to do a fair bit of public speaking -mainly to Health Professionals - as part of my job and although I'm not half as clever as the wonderful Cathy Burke that's sort of how I sound. I can hold my own in a conversation but I never try to sound 'posh' . So if I'm working or with people I don't know well I tend to be a little more guarded in my speech - no slang, no bad language However with close friends and family when I'm relaxed I do use glottal stops and very occasionally swear - usually for comedic effect. This is what's rubbing him up the wrong way. To keep the peace in that moment (a few days ago) when he was telling me how much he's always hated my speech I agreed to try and stop using glottal stops but immediately since I've feel like I've betrayed myself. Also it's proving really difficult to change my 'at home in my comfies' voice. For example - at home I will say "a glass of wa'er" instead of water also "be'er (better) is another example and that's pretty much the extend of my transgressions and his issue. He's getting really quite angry about this which hurts a lot as my beloved Dad and my loud, funny Aunties who brought me up also speak like this. I feel really attacked and I'm not speaking to him at the moment. Thoughts please.