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MargaretR

06-04-2015 21:46

Re: Pronunciation

Another irritant similar to 'like' is 'you know'.

I listen to radio four every day. Sometimes the people being interviewed have such irritating speech habits that I switch off.

Another speech irritant I find is many women from USA have such screeching voices that I either switch off literally or mentally (so I don't understand what they say).

DaveinGermany

07-04-2015 04:58

Re: Pronunciation

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1138027)

Also 'like'. 'I think, like, I can't come up with a whole sentence in one go, like'.

You do realise you've just alienated yourself to the majority of the denizens of Liverpool & environs. :D

Studio25

07-04-2015 08:17

Re: Pronunciation

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1138027)

I hate listening to someone who at the end of every sentence goes UP on the last word. It makes every sentence sound like a question. You end up not listening to what they say, just waiting for each last word. Is it a South if England THING?

I pretty sure it's a whole of New Zealand thing. That and the way they pronounce "pen" and "ten" are the easiest way to tell them apart from the Aussies.

And speaking of Poy Rot, my mother-in-law pronounces Dalziel exactly the way it's written.

Gordon Booth

07-04-2015 08:26

Re: Pronunciation

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1138111)

You do realise you've just alienated yourself to the majority of the denizens of Liverpool & environs. :D

Surely not the majority?
Only the ones who can read?:D

Actually I didn't realise it was a Liverpool thing, more just young folk.

yerself

13-04-2015 14:49

Re: Pronunciation

Who's this Laura Norder that southerners keep going on about, is she the one who does drawerings?

Accyexplorer

15-04-2015 17:04

Re: Pronunciation

There's a embarrassing video of me on the interweb using incorrect words etc...

....to make matters worse,it's gone virus....

....jacket please :D

Barrie Yates

15-04-2015 21:56

Re: Pronunciation

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 1138111)

denizens of Liverpool & environs. :D

Seems to me to be a very apt description:D

MargaretR

16-04-2015 22:49

Re: Pronunciation

It may be an 'age thing' but I get irritated by people who speak so fast that their vowels seem inaudible, causing the need for extreme concentration to follow what they are saying.

I am only aware of this when listening to the radio - maybe that is because there are no other signs such as body language to assist in following meaning.

More and more often I find myself switching between channels just to find a human voice that is comfortable to listen to.

Since the advent of TV, how a presenter looks seems to matter more than how they sound, when for me sound matters most. A pretty face that cannot express itself properly says nothing worth listening to.

jelly baby

18-04-2015 10:58

Re: Pronunciation

Quote:

Originally Posted by yerself (Post 1138685)

Who's this Laura Norder that southerners keep going on about, is she the one who does drawerings?

'Drawrings' drives me nuts! It seems that most tv presenters say this.

Michael1954

18-04-2015 12:19

Re: Pronunciation

From Little Women: It's proper to use good words and improve your vocabillary.

Barrie Yates

18-04-2015 15:35

Re: Pronunciation

How would non-Lancastrians view our dialect - not so pronounced now but it is still there.

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