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DigForVictory

Surely, the "delight" of the English language is that it generates new and intriguing ways of brassing off its users?
Yes, I will gun down "like" users but after the "literally" & "110%" miscreants...

NaughtiusMaximus

Nina96 wrote: »

Long-time lurker, but just had to join the forum to reply to Maman - hope I've quoted correctly!
Using 'Mom' instead of 'Mum' is a West Midlands thing. I don't know why or how it originated. It may have originally been because people heard it on American TV programmes, but it started years and years ago. I was born in Wolverhampton, and I've been using the word since the 1960s. It's really common here.

I suspect that may well predate TV. Not so much in Birmingham but a lot of the Black Country dialect is down to alternate pronunciations of vowel sounds, e.g. tae (tea), bonk (bank), goo (go), yow (you), loff (laugh), tek (take)

NBLondon

There are two "like"s going on here I think?

There's "like" as a verbal tic/pause - which is, like, really, really annoying as it's, like, not adding anything to the sentence, like. I suspect if everyone is doing it, the brain just filters it out after a while.

Then there's "like" as a replacement for "said". It can be accompanied by tone and facial expression for emphasis so that The doorman said "You can't come in here" is different from He was like "YOU can't come in here" So it does add something but when it gets overused, it loses the impact.

Fireflyaway

Add 'basically' to the list. Oh and KFC adverts...... ' bukka off cheeken for narn narny narn'

paddy's_mum

bertiewhite wrote: »

This must be, like, the upteenth thread on this subject.

So?!

Like, wot abaht i'?



PS The glottal stop is alive and well and living in

East Enders, Paloma Faith, Adele, Fern Cotton.....:mad:

(S'pose I'd be#er put a bi# of bu#er on me bread fore that nu#er up the road headbu#s me. gissit 'ere then...) :rotfl:

Alternatively there's the classic "can I get ..?" (coffee, burger etc) to which I want to shout "no, you can't but the waitress will - that's her job"!

A grumpy Friday night - wot, me? :A

goodwithsaving

Like like like, dropping 't's, wanna, saying 'vacation' instead of holiday, brought vs bought, could of, would of, should of, awesome etc....
...they all irritate me.


I'm not even very old either!

yellowbear

Fireflyaway wrote: »

Add 'basically' to the list. Oh and KFC adverts...... ' bukka off cheeken for narn narny narn'

That ad irritates me beyond belief!

Robisere

maman wrote: »

I'm with you cuppa I often feel like:D a grumpy old woman.

I hate this sort of sloppy speech particularly when people try to pass it off as a regional accent. And Americanisms too are another pet hate. Have you noticed how many posters have acquired a 'mom'? _pale_

I think they believe it's 'cool', I think it's ridiculous.

In the West Midlands, especially around the Black Country and Brum, they call mothers "mom" as a matter of course. In the East Midlands, it's "mam". I am from Nottinghamshire originally and we call our mothers "mam". It's local dialect thing, nothing to do with Americanisms. Perhaps you haven't been around the country much?

maman

NaughtiusMaximus wrote: »

I suspect that may well predate TV. Not so much in Birmingham but a lot of the Black Country dialect is down to alternate pronunciations of vowel sounds, e.g. tae (tea), bonk (bank), goo (go), yow (you), loff (laugh), tek (take)

Thanks for that. I must admit I haven't spent a great deal of time in the area. I do have a good friend from Walsall but I've never heard him say mom.

I suppose it's about extrapolating a regional accent into literal spelling. But that's a whole new thread!

ScarletRibbons

I don't like "I was sat" or "I was stood", you were sitting or standing!

Also, "invite" used instead of invitation

Actually there are a lot of things in speech that annoy me, could of, should of, and how on earth don't people know the difference between bought and brought, they are entirely different!