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@rose2008-2008 wrote:

 I love a Jamaican Accent me!!!.

 

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If it belongs to Michael Holding then yes!

Listen UP.

What does it mean, up what?, it doesn't make any sense.

AAARRRGGH.

(Sorry EMB.).

People who prononce Rs as Ws  , I do not mean the people who have rhotacism, i mean the ones who do it through choice, maybe because they think it makes them sound posh, like Mr Woss who didn't speak like that at school

People who pronounce H as haitch . We've had a very big argument on the Round Table about this before), No matter what You say it is WRONG

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@al**bear wrote:

 

 

People who pronounce H as haitch . We've had a very big argument on the Round Table about this before), No matter what You say it is WRONG

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I'm with on that one!

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@023mjc wrote:

When people use "sat" instead of "sitting", as in He was sat on the bench. They all do it - journalists, newspaper reporters, and even BBC news readers. Surely it should be "he sat" or "he was sitting".

 

And people who just pronounce words wrongly. Not foreign or particularly difficult words, they could be forgiven, but just every day stuff. I hear people talk about abdominable pains, and their archeries, bold men, and free (3).

 

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I keep hearing people say 'brought' when they mean 'bought'.

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@023mjc wrote:

When people use "sat" instead of "sitting", as in He was sat on the bench. They all do it - journalists, newspaper reporters, and even BBC news readers. Surely it should be "he sat" or "he was sitting".

 

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Certainly a common one, as is 'stood' and 'standing'.

'Sitting' and 'standing' are the progressive tense of, "to sit" and "to stand" - they describe an action that is continuing.

'Sat' and 'stood' are the past participle of the same verbs and describe a completed action.

For example, "I sat the baby on the chair", and, "the baby was sitting on the chair" - the first describes the action the second the continuing state the baby was in.

English is a lovely language 🙂

People say ohhh youve got a Kentish accent!!!,,,,,eh?,,,what does a Kentish accent sound like. I always think i sound a bit like a Londener. I love a Cockney Accent!!!!!

Creeky wrote .... "I sat the baby in the chair." and seemed to find fault with the way that somebody may have said it or wrote (or written it), but I must beg to differ. Surely, "I sat the baby in the chair," is correct. (Scroll down for my reasoning)

If I am holding a baby in my arms and want to lower the child into a nearby chair,  could simply say, "I sat the baby in the chair." It may not be the perfect way to drop the brat into the chair but she was detting heavy and I was Kerry Packered.

In much the same sort of way that I don't blame sellers of furniture for saying that  spaces in their cupboards are called "draws". Mind you, if I had an axe, I'd gladly explain that they are called "drawers"

Not forgetting Chimney or Hospickle as two more

Your you're write right they're their there Harry

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@Anonymous wrote:

 

I know spellcheckers aren't always right

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Excuse me madam, spellcheckers are always right.

To wit:

Eye halve a spelling chequer,
It came with my pea sea,
It plainly marques four my revue,
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word,
And weight four it two say,
Weather eye am wrong oar write,
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid,
It nose bee fore two long ,
And eye can put the error rite,
Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it,
I am shore your pleased two no,
Its letter perfect awl the weigh,
My chequer tolled me sew.

Yes i see........................    where..were..wear..ware..

I'm wondering whether the poor weather will affect my wether.