Ooh Arrr

[RoxyNotFoxy]

What is this addiction to the intrusive "arr"? It first became annoying about fifteen years ago when Edwina Currie suddenly warned us about salmonella in "roar eggs". The Conservative government of the day were also worried about "Laura Norder".

Now, If "raw eggs" and "law and order" are too difficult to say for people with a university education, why is it that in other countries people without one manage just fine?

Do 'roar eggs' have the lion stamp

That's because (a) we're rubbish at teaching languages in this country, even our own language, and (b) a sad lack of snobbery regarding Received Pronunciation and the need for it in public life.

i was poorly educated and brought up in the east end, so i have an excuse

Another thing. If people can't stop themselves saying "drawring pins", why don't they also talk of "chewring gum" and "mowring the lawn" and "bowring and kowtowring"?

This isn't pedantry! It's diction! True pedants demand the removal of non-pedant threads!

Wed- nes day not Wensday

No-one says Wed-nes day, do they? They'd sound bizarre.

A bit like saying Ly-cester Square, or Fol-kes-stone.

And why cannot one be pedantic about diction?

Yes how Notdoing typed wed-ns day looked better.