Scotland

[Ted Danson]

I checked. He did vote Labour.

Eee...it makes me proud

At least thats what he told you

 

[Darren]

At least thats what he told you

Believe me, my kids would not be scared to tell me if they had voted UKIP. Like most young people, they delight in winding up their parents.

 

[Kenilworth]

I checked. He did vote Labour.

Eee...it makes me proud

So that means by a process of elimination and non-disclosure that your daughter.........






....told you to "mind it Dad. Jeeez"

 

[Darren]

So that means by a process of elimination and non-disclosure that your daughter.........






....told you to "mind it Dad. Jeeez"

Strangely enough, she doesn't talk like she lives in Beverley Hills.

She voted Labour as well. No indoctrination going on in my family....

 

[Kenilworth]

Strangely enough, she doesn't talk like she lives in Beverley Hills.

She voted Labour as well. No indoctrination going on in my family....

- I'm sure she speaks with impeccable tone and none of that colloquialism that Ollie spouts.

Don't shoot me down, but I asked my two (similar ages to yours but the lad is the elder) last night if they wanted their poll card and they both stated they were not going to vote. They have til 10PM to do so though.

They don't believe it will make a blind bit of difference - and that is the same with a lot of people their age today - they feel disenfranchised and irrelevant. I probably see that as well but I am so used to trying to make it count that I will take a trip over there later on.

 

[Darren]

- I'm sure she speaks with impeccable tone and none of that colloquialism that Ollie spouts.

Don't shoot me down, but I asked my two (similar ages to yours but the lad is the elder) last night if they wanted their poll card and they both stated they were not going to vote. They have til 10PM to do so though.

They don't believe it will make a blind bit of difference - and that is the same with a lot of people their age today - they feel disenfranchised and irrelevant. I probably see that as well but I am so used to trying to make it count that I will take a trip over there later on.

True, but my kids grew up with unusually politicised parents.

In other words, it's your fault they have no interest

As it happens, having knocked around with poshos for 3 years at Oxford, Jessica speaks in a very precise tone. I speak with a modified Sheffield accent and mum has a rather whiny London accent, so she is very much ashamed of how we talk...

 

[Kenilworth]

True, but my kids grew up with unusually politicised parents.

In other words, it's your fault they have no interest

As it happens, having knocked around with poshos for 3 years at Oxford, Jessica speaks in a very precise tone. I speak with a modified Sheffield accent and mum has a rather whiny London accent, so she is very much ashamed of how we talk...

You're probably right about the blame - not a highly politicised group here - I can't bear BBCQT as it's the same old party lines trotted out time and time again with the squirming done by whoever is in power. They all lie and none of them can be trusted and they would all come in your mouth even if they protested they wouldn't

Lived away from Sheffield for over 30 years so my standard speaking tone is pretty non descript, non regional but with Northern vowels as opposed to southern - e.g. bath not baarth, that sort of thing. Kids same really with a hint of Warwickshire.

I can get into more of a Sheffield accent when I am back in the pub either side of a match day but expect people will think I am too posh wi' it.

I like ale though, and for some reason that meks thi talk more northern, an all

 

[Deadly_D'Jaffo]

So....That Marc Mcnulty eh?

 

[vorpal blade]

Scots Nat.


Doh

 

[Gavlar]

A thing I always say to my kids is that you should never ever do anything just to please your parents and it's shitty parenting to compensate for your own failures by insisting your kids do something that you never managed to do.

My daughter is some kind of academic superstar - A's and A* stars at A Level, Oxford degree and now doing a fully funded Ph.D. That's her thing - she loves adademia and never wants to leave it.

That puts immense pressure on her younger brother and I think his mum expects him to replicate his sister's success. I tell him that he does not have to be like her; he has to choose his own path in life and do what he is happy with

Yes indeed. each child is different. I'll be more than happy to have my eldest playing left midfield for blades and my youngest lad playing upfront for us. Completely different )

In all seriousness tho, comparing kids is not a helpful thing to do, esp when people compare their own kids to other peoples kids.

 

[JohnDenver]

she is very much ashamed of how we talk...

Dangerous ground this, but one so intelligent should understand how wrong that is.

I've never had much of an accent but my university was full of wealthy Surrey types, and I picked up a few odd inflections while there. It's a subconscious sign of trying to fit in. These days I tend to slip in some Sheffieldisms while speaking otherwise neutrally. I once greeted the waitress at a restaurant in Manchester with a friendly 'ey oop, and she thought it was utterly hilarious. Weird.

 

[beatific blade]

Dangerous ground this, but one so intelligent should understand how wrong that is.

I've never had much of an accent but my university was full of wealthy Surrey types, and I picked up a few odd inflections while there. It's a subconscious sign of trying to fit in. These days I tend to slip in some Sheffieldisms while speaking otherwise neutrally. I once greeted the waitress at a restaurant in Manchester with a friendly 'ey oop, and she thought it was utterly hilarious. Weird.

I'm from Doncaster/Barnsley but studying and living at Uni of Sheff (which is riddled with the middle-class Kent/Surrey types you speak of) and I have to completely alter the way in which I speak to some of my friends, otherwise I find myself continually repeating myself. So I suppose it's more to make my life easier than to fit in.

Although when I'm in the pub it tends to revert back to house-style

The best part is that ALL my southern friends have now normalised 'ey up' when they greet me or each other. It's great!

Oh... that McNulty fella looks decent, doesn't he?!