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19 minutes ago, Tommy_B said:

People who pronounce words wrong

"Can I axe you a question? Have you sin that programme?" Annoys me

axe for ask is wiltshire dialect; comes up often in Richard Jefferies; like waps and wapses for wasp/s.

As for sin: how do you pronounce would and could? w'd & c'd (as they are) or wooled & cooled (as they should be)?

Like Gould.

And wood and good and food: w'd g'd food. See.

Foot Boot Root. I go f't boot root but a mate of mine from down by wisbo' green says f't boot r't.

I've heard it said that wiltshire and yorkshire dialects are probably more true to old english as it was spake due to their not being influenced by trends and fashions.

Cockney was once seen as an affectation.

All is change; only the spelling remains.

 

 

ETA a semi-colon.

Edited by Yournamehere
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36 minutes ago, oldwoodcutter said:

They say that, apart from your family, you are forgotten about in around 6 weeks after you’ve gone, that’s a sobering thought at my age when I switch off the light at night.

The tax man doesn't forget you after death. Well, at least until he gets what he thinks is his due. >:(

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