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The Queen's English
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- Slang should go, but regional accents and habits are important. - 245 votes
- 69%
- No! - 72 votes
- 20%
- Yes, everyone should try and speak in a similar way. - 27 votes
- 8%
- Slang is fine, as long as it is spoken in received pronunciation! - 9 votes
- 3%
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Accents are fine but children should be encouraged to pronounce words properly.
I remember seeing a clip recently about some children in Essex who said the right words but didn't know how to pronounce them properly and therefore spelt them totally incorrectly. It was quite surprising what they were coming out with. (just a shame I can't remember now).
I remember seeing a clip recently about some children in Essex who said the right words but didn't know how to pronounce them properly and therefore spelt them totally incorrectly. It was quite surprising what they were coming out with. (just a shame I can't remember now).
17:23 Thu 08th Mar 2012
There has been much discussion as to whether 'The Doric' as spoken in and around Aberdeen and the north-east of Scotland is a dialect, or, indeed, a language in itself. But after years of trying to suppress its use, education authorities are now encouraging pupils to take it up to help ensure its continued existence. The same is happening with Lowland Scots, since it has been realised that much of it is more closely associated with the original Anglo Saxon English than is the Queen's English.
I remember this girl - Na'alie. No-one ever called her Natalie. She was the proprietor of a shop - just going up Na'alie's. Don't think they would have known what I meant if I had said Natalie's.
The kids around here have developed a strange language, which I have tried to learn but am not quick enough. I object to them talking in this language when they are in my company as I cannot understand what they are saying - I am naturally nosy (like the rest of the human race) and do not like it when I do not know what the conversation is about.
The kids around here have developed a strange language, which I have tried to learn but am not quick enough. I object to them talking in this language when they are in my company as I cannot understand what they are saying - I am naturally nosy (like the rest of the human race) and do not like it when I do not know what the conversation is about.
It doesn't matter where you come from, what accent you have, what dialect you speak or whether you use slang words or colloquialisms. It's more about illiteracy, impoliteness, ignorance and inappropriate language for the situation at hand. I'm a born East Londonder with what is generally considered to be a Cockney accent, but it doesn't make me any less valuable as a human being. I know how to use language appropriately according to the circumstances I find myself in. I wouldn't write as I speak and I wouldn't speak in a formal situation as I would talk to my close friends and family. Schools should always teach the proper use of the English language regardless of local idiosyncrasies. The language will still evolve, just as it always has done.