Please help!!
I am surrounded by West-Yorkshire folk whose accents I find very trying at the best of times. However, there are two things that really make the hairs on my neck stand on end - and I would like very much not to be wrong here :D
a) What is the correct prononciation of 'Drawing'? I hate hearing "Draow-ing" as in "ow that hurt." I don't dr-ow something so why should i be drowing it?
b) Only in west-yorkshire is Scone (pronouced Sc-oh-ne) considered to be the common prononciation. I was always under the impression that Scon was the common way? I can't imagine QE2 saying "Phillip would you pass me a Scon?"
Please, my English language enlightened fellows, tell me I am not wrong....