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Freddy Woo writes, "My wife thinks calling the front room a lounge is common. Worse, a friend of hers recently admonished her daughter for calling a toilet, a toilet. Lavatory darling. It's lavatory."

My own mother refused to let me use the word 'oblong' instead of 'rectangle'. Which is just odd, to be honest.

What stuff do you think is common?

(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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I will stop you and slap you!
What's wrong with regional accents?! They give us identity.

Do you speak perfect "Queen's English" or what?!
Strangeness....

I would only agree if you'd said "people writing with regional accents". That's minging.
(The Apeface Cherub is not a cunty-uber-cunt, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:20, 2 replies)
Yeah
Robert Burns, twat!

I have a neutral accent, I just think that people with regional accents sound like thick pikeys. I'm sure their aren't (all) though.
(I helped save b3ta! stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:28, closed)
*hisses*
*gets offended* ;-)

Depends on where I guess. I like mine, although I know most people think I've got the thickest of the lot (I'm from Sheffield). I actually think some accents create comedy gold from nothing. Some stories are just much funnier told in geordie or broad Yorkshire...
Takes all sorts I guess!
Peace be with you, oh neutral one.
(The Apeface Cherub is not a cunty-uber-cunt, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:32, closed)
Little Geordie Sgt is standing with his general
They can hear a steady boom boom boom boom
General: Listen sergeant, they've got war drums
Sergeant: The thievin' bastads!

I first heard Phill Jupitus say that on QI and it still leaves me giggling!
(I helped save b3ta! Roxy_Hart is so so old, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 21:21, closed)
"I'm sure their aren't (all) though?"
Who sounds like the thick pikey now?
(I helped save b3ta! Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 17:15, closed)
A 'neutral accent'?
By that do you mean RP or Estuary?
(I helped save b3ta! chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:23, closed)
neutral:
Hertfordshire
Surrey
Sussex

Parts of:
Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Berkshire
Hampshire
Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
(I helped save b3ta! stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:00, closed)
Jesus
It's still a regional accent, you thick twat. "Neutral" is not an adequate description, because it's only neutral to your ears. Go up to Scotland, or Wales, or Newcastle and see if they think your accent is "neutral". Tosspot.
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 13:16, closed)
so
you don't agree then?
(I helped save b3ta! stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 11:30, closed)
No,
sorry, was I too subtle?
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 10:50, closed)
Which parts of Buckinghamshire, exactly?
Just curious.
(I helped save b3ta! Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 14:01, closed)
the bits
where they don't speak like Worzel Gummidge.
(I helped save b3ta! stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Sat 18 Oct 2008, 11:31, closed)
Yes the Queen's English...
But the Duke of Edinburgh's Greek, what does that say about that lot?
(Tyburn Finds the name Lauren Muff inexplicably funny, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 0:51, closed)
Loadsamoney?
or Shutuppayaface?
(I helped save b3ta! @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 14:11, closed)

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