ArishMell · 70-79, M
Errr, yes. Why do you ask?
They might wonder what Londoners have against consonents.
I wonder why many Britons are averse to pronouncing "the" as "thee" in front of a vowel - so they create a peculiar glottal-stop awkward both to say and hear.
They might wonder what Londoners have against consonents.
I wonder why many Britons are averse to pronouncing "the" as "thee" in front of a vowel - so they create a peculiar glottal-stop awkward both to say and hear.
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Uncfred · 70-79, M
Not against it, it doesn't come natural, its like stopping a sentence to add an additional word.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Uncfred Ah, the silent, abbreviated "the", a glottal stop sometimes lampooned by London-based comedians as a stressed "ter".
(Londoners encourage we foreigners - i.e. from outside the M25 Corral - to think the only two Metropolitan accents are "Gorblimeyguv" and Received Pronounciation...)
I have gained the impression that the Nordic-influenced Yorkshire language uses suffices and word-order to emphasise a point:
- "It were a right good do, were that".
- "It's siling down. Absolutely drenched, I were!"*
Also showing a different approach to the verb to be.
While the response "Aye" agreeing to the first statement, is brightly stressed for a good do, but more like a subdued sigh if "right bad". Either "aye" being perhaps re-inforced with "... it were".
God's Own County.... so they say. It is a lovely part of the world! (I have quite a number of friends there, and do visit occasionally.)
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* Please send some of that rain down South...
(Londoners encourage we foreigners - i.e. from outside the M25 Corral - to think the only two Metropolitan accents are "Gorblimeyguv" and Received Pronounciation...)
I have gained the impression that the Nordic-influenced Yorkshire language uses suffices and word-order to emphasise a point:
- "It were a right good do, were that".
- "It's siling down. Absolutely drenched, I were!"*
Also showing a different approach to the verb to be.
While the response "Aye" agreeing to the first statement, is brightly stressed for a good do, but more like a subdued sigh if "right bad". Either "aye" being perhaps re-inforced with "... it were".
God's Own County.... so they say. It is a lovely part of the world! (I have quite a number of friends there, and do visit occasionally.)
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* Please send some of that rain down South...