Pronunciation of water

[Machiavellian]

To me it's wor-ter. I keep hearing 'wor-eh'. Is this not lazy? Why is the t being excluded? Am I being snobbish for thinking it sounds so lazy and uneducated?

I live in and work in a predominantly ABC1 demographic in the North and the vast majority of people drop their 't's. Little for example is rarely heard with the 't's pronounced, or the 't's are pronounced in a softer manner. I'm fascinated by accents and would have loved to have studied them. I can hear the accent change every or ten miles that I travel, and in our nearest city there's about 5-6 variations. Private schools have an effect and obviously cultural differences, however the indigenous locals often speak with a variation of the same type.

We were listening to Vernon Kay's quiz this morning and he asked a question about some pop star. It sounded to me that he said "George Onus" and OH said "George who did he say". We were both totally baffled until it turned out he'd said "Joe Jonas" in his Bolton accent 😆

Accents are great and we should embrace them, not criticise people who talk differently.

"Wor-ter" sounds southern to me, I'd rather "wa-uh" over that! I think I say it more like "Waugh-tuh" (m/c northern)

Really? There is only one r in water. Wot-er.

In my accent it's "wotter"

I'm in the South West of England and we pronounce water as wauter too. As for drawring, it makes me cringe. It's called the "intrusive r" and I've even heard people like David Cameron and Tony Blair use it. I'm citing them as they're from posh families and went to posh schools.

'Worter' or in broad Tyneside 'Waatter'