[cub]

My point is that in time regional accents will die out.

[BB_Eye]

Originally Posted by thebeast

You just have to get on with it. If you don't understand what people have said just ask them to repeat themselves. Understand accents? That's the least of our problems in this country! What about understanding a load of ethnic minorities who can't speak English?

Uhh... well with the declining literacy rate in this country, usually it's the ethnic minorities, particularly immigrants, speaking better English than the white Brits.

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by BB_Eye

Uhh... well with the declining literacy rate in this country, usually it's the ethnic minorities, particularly immigrants, speaking better English than the white Brits.

Not all of them. You still get a few bad eggs in the basket. Same with illiterate English people.

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

I don't think shows like 'The only Way is Essex' help. Never watched it but saw a few on Alan Carrs show and just wanted to slap one silly cow

Yeah can't believe that Amy Childs went to Private School. Then Alan was like "did you keep the receit?" lol!!

Ahhhh just shows not all these Private School sprogs are all that clever. Most of them are quite spoilt to be honest and their parents buy them plenty of "my little horses" to play with!

However.. then again.. Investing in private education if you have quite a lot of money is better than investing in too many "materialistic goods".

[Smithy]

-has no accent-

[Vicky.]

I can understand most accents. Scottish or really strong irish accents I have trouble with sometimes. I nearly died when a group of irish gypsies came into the bar where I worked, was like really strong irish, with a hint of everywhere else. Sounded practically foreign to me and I had to ask what they were saying about 20 times :/