Five Things Revisited

[aussiedave]

These five questions from cthonicmin :

Comments

Ranty

[shawgreen]

I must have been feeling particularly ranty if I wrote something one sided classwise on accents. It does of course cut both ways. I mostly object to ideas being dismissed because of how they are presented so long as the meaning is clear.

Re: Ranty

[aussiedave]

Sorry for any confusion. "Shaw" in this context is the playwright, who I named in full earlier in the post. His view on accents and class was one-sided - essentially that poor accents will get you looked down on - but his solution - that poor people should therefore learn to speak properly - you'd have probably deplored.

Re: Ranty

[shawgreen]

Well I would ordinarily bow before a superior wordsmith but your right, us cheeky working class chappies should be allowed to speak how we wish !