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Originally Posted by David L.  I live in Scotland where we all speak English; but I can't understand what people in Ayrshire are saying because of their pronunciations eg "bill" pronounced as "bell" as one example. To extrapolate from what certain respondents are advocating, and for us all to 'say it any way you like', then verbal communication is doomed! Even deaf people have standardized sign language, instead of just flapping their arms around. |
My teacher of British Literature speaks like that.. I spend most of her lectures wondering what is she talking about, because I can hardly recognise some words that she (according to RP rules) mispells!
