So is it pendantic to be very annoyed when DD and others insist on pronouncing FEBRUARY incorrectly?

[UnquietDad]

I am SICK and TIRED of saying

"Feb - rooo - erry. NOT Feb-yery."

If DD does it again - and I swear she is now doing it deliberately to wind me up - I am going to have to disown her.

My ex's mum was from Norfolk. She used to say bootiful, like Bernard Matthews. I hated it.

I once drove down to somewhere near Derby to see a man about a dog.

The very first thing that he said to me saw 'Have a poo.' I thought he was some kind of perv and nearly walked out. Till it dawned on me that what he was saying was 'Have a pew', i.e. a seat.

Oh love that link MyOther!

AX instead of ask.............grrrrr!

lol threadie. "Um, no, no thanks, I'm ..um.. fine, thanks."

(Debating whether to let people know this is/was GodzillasBumcheek)

Yes, in a devon accent news is noos. And beautiful, pronounced by my strongly wurzel accented gran, is budd-i-vurl.

hunker - "anymore" as well?

Why do Norfolk people have what sounds like a west country yokels accent when it's on the other side of the country, by the way?

"alot" is appalling. I want to smack people who use it.

I was brought up saying Wensdy - and I was brought up posh.

Pecific for specific drives me mad. As do all the otehr examples on this thread - must get out more!

But wait til your dcs are older and start talking about the theo-saurus!

Ah, Seeker, I was just about to ask the day/dee question but I was too embarrassed busy with work.

I think is you were raised posh, saying wensd'y, thursd'y etc sounds posh.

However if you were raised common (like me) it just sounds like lazy speaking!

you are right getorf.

I do ALL those 'alot' 'anymore' 'evermore'

and wensdy and febyooerry

Did anyone else try the Brain Training thing in the Queen's voice - i did, it was hilarious Sorry, what were we talking about

I also say anaTUHma instead of anathema

anymore, yes, I knew there was another one (or is that a nother? ).

It bothers me when people say "pacific" instead of "specific".

don't know if said before but 'chimley' instead of 'chimney'... or is there's something a foreigner like me doesn't get?

How about "kekkle" and "hospickle"?

Rife, in parts of Manchester, it makes me itchy.

shedule or skedule?

educate me. 'isshoo' or 'issiu'?

I would say ishoo and tisshoo to avoid sounding like Brian Sewell

that's how I say it but some news readers say the other way so started to doubt myself (who's brian sewell?), not that I'd like to sound like the queen mind