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Should schools 'correct' local accents?

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darcymum · 08/03/2010 21:30

DD is due to start school in September and I went to visit two local primary schools recently. We live in the west country although neither DH or myself are from here. DD has picked up some of the local accent in some of the words she uses. I explained this to both schools and asked if they would correct her pronunciation. The first school said they would and "she wouldn't get away with talking like that here". They saw it as part of the job of teaching her. The second school made a bit of a joke about it and said "nothing wrong with the local accent".

Am I just being a snob because I don't want her to talk like Pam Ayres?

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displayuntilbestbefore · 10/03/2010 14:23

Blu

LittlePushka · 10/03/2010 22:04

Yeah,...what Blu said!

Ponders · 10/03/2010 23:19

By displayuntilbestbefore Tue 09-Mar-10 23:25:52
(Pam Ayres was born in Berkshire - says so on her own website.
Later lived in Oxfordshire.
Maybe her accent on tv is part of her screen/stage persona.)

You think everybody who lives in Oxfordshire talks like Dave Cameron, dubb?

displayuntilbestbefore · 11/03/2010 00:02

No I don't - but clearly her accent confuses a lot of people seeing as there has been a post on here suggesting she's from Norfolk, and another thinking she's from the South West
I just pondered whether she maybe made a bit more of her accent for the sole purpose of creating a bit of a talking point as to where she's from

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