Turning into your parentsUnable to hold back the genetic tide, I find myself gardening in my carpet slippers, asking for a knife and fork in McDonalds and agreeing with the Daily Telegraph. I'm beyond help - what about you?
Thanks to b3th for the suggestion
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 13:39)
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Oh how apt ...Wonderful timing for this QOTW.
A transcript below of a conversation with my 5 year old that took place this morning.
Her: Mum, can you please help me do up my bu''uns? (best approximation of that Godawful Essex Habit of failing to pronounce the letter T and, come to think of it, most of the other consonants)
Me: /fury. BUTTONS DARLING! Buttons! Pronounce your Ts! You mustn't drop your Ts!
Her: /bewilderment at her mother's sudden venom. Why not Mummy?
Me: Because it's COMMON darling.
Me: /to self. Bugger. I might as well buy a pearl twin set and change my name to Hyacinth.
(, Thu 7 May 2009, 2:06, 3 replies)
the linguistic phenomenon to which you refer is(i believe) called a "glottal stop" ... ironically you can also pronounce "glottal" as "glo''al" (to use your marks)
nothing really wrong with it, but you're doing the right thing teaching your kid how to speak properly first - she can figure out slang, colloquialisms, and the nuances of pronunciation when she's older :P
(, Thu 7 May 2009, 4:40, closed)
Glottal Stop ... what a wonderful phraseNin zai zhongguo? wei shenme?
(, Thu 7 May 2009, 4:55, closed)
Yod-coalescenceAnother wonderfully named feature of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estuary_English, which is wot your nipper is talking.
(, Thu 7 May 2009, 10:12, closed)
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