Is it bAth or bARth?

[nell57]

Ha ha you sound like me and my hubby, he's from the Potteries too. Luckily both our children talk like me
Does your hubby call a side plate a muffin by any chance? My fil does and the first time he asked for one I thought he wanted a cake

Carol xx

I've never heard of a muffin plate neither and I worked in the 'pots' for 25 years in my previous life before I became a minder

[christine e]

It's definitely BATH here although surprised that one of my lo's says barth but her mum says that is down to Peppa Pig!

Cx

PS it is also scone not scon!

[mushpea]

I'm orginaly from norfolk but now live in essex and its defintatly barth, parth, bootiful

[Playmate]

There is no R in bath so why put one in !!! and what about umberella.
,southerners just cant say their "u's" properly they sat it like amberella and up is ap and under is ander....its an u not an a ..my mam who is from essex insists its carstle not castle and glarsses not glasses.....there is no r in any of them...im from up north not from ...ap nowf..you lot are down south .not dahn sarf
WE ARE RIGHT

Can I just say the 'U' mispronounciation is not a southern thing it is an Essex thing! I'm from the North side of London and although I admit to saying bARth and PARth etc I say Umbrella and up Oh and I have a mUm not a mAm

[dette]

Can I just say the 'U' mispronounciation is not a southern thing it is an Essex thing! I'm from the North side of London and although I admit to saying bARth and PARth etc I say Umbrella and up Oh and I have a mUm not a mAm

its definitly mam

[snufflepuff]

I'm a Southerner and say 'bath'. I'm from Wiltshire so I'm a bit 'country bumpkin'...I put lots of emphasis on the letter 'r' in words. I also have to concentrate to make sure I pronounce 't' in words properly...such as water. It just doesn't come naturally to me, although I do admit it sounds common. Around here it's only 'people (sorry, don't mean that in a nasty way, lol!) who say 'barth' and 'parth'. One of my Mums in from Kent and speaks quite posh...mindee picks up some of my accent and Mum doesn't like it much, oops!

[betty boop]

Im a yorkshire lass so its defo baff
or if im talking to my kids then its time for a splish splash

[Twinkles]

I have one mindee who is born and bred in Surrey. He says bAth not bARth as his mum and dad are northerners.

[LOOPYLISA]

Can I just say the 'U' mispronounciation is not a southern thing it is an Essex thing! I'm from the North side of London and although I admit to saying bARth and PARth etc I say Umbrella and up Oh and I have a mUm not a mAm

I have a mum not mam or mom

[PixiePetal]

Can I just say the 'U' mispronounciation is not a southern thing it is an Essex thing! I'm from the North side of London and although I admit to saying bARth and PARth etc I say Umbrella and up Oh and I have a mUm not a mAm

well I would call it an 'East End' thing. Not Essex - well not where I came from (Frinton On Sea - v posh )

I have a mUmand say Umbrella, Under and Up

Actually I think I have picked up bits of all the places I have lived - love the Cornish dialect

[onceinabluemoon]

Born in Berkshire ( pronounced barksheer) I say it the 'posh' way so the a sounds as in garden and have a mum, not a mam or a mom (is that a bit of an Americanism?) but my sister(born in Hampshire) says path and bath like laff

[Jiorjiina]

What boarding school did you go?

This one. Behold its glory, and then imagine my childhood and teenage torment when talking to people about it.

Aside from the shortened northern vowels, I am RP in my speech. Although I can do some pretty good regional accents when necessary!

[rickysmiths]

its definitly mam

No I had a mum not a mam (that's the Queen isn't it?)

[rickysmiths]

I'm a Southerner and say 'bath'. I'm from Wiltshire so I'm a bit 'country bumpkin'...I put lots of emphasis on the letter 'r' in words. I also have to concentrate to make sure I pronounce 't' in words properly...such as water. It just doesn't come naturally to me, although I do admit it sounds common. Around here it's only 'people (sorry, don't mean that in a nasty way, lol!) who say 'barth' and 'parth'. One of my Mums in from Kent and speaks quite posh...mindee picks up some of my accent and Mum doesn't like it much, oops!

Well I must be the one that proves the rule wrong!!!! I am definitely not posh and I grew up, went to school and worked in Barth!!!! I am told I had a real Summerset ascent when I lived there!

We wore Daps as well, not plimsolls.

[breezy]

It's BAARRRRRRRFFF innit mate?

[munch149]

Haha plimsole and daps. I live in Bristol
And worked in a school in Somerset for a
Bit. The children had no idea what I was on about when I asked them to get there daps. Two counties so close together and speak so different. Try having a kiwi step mum. Once she asked me to get my
Togs and I had no idea that was a swimsuit.

[rickysmiths]

It si amazing isn't it. Of course when I went up north to college a bap became a barm cake

I would have known Togs but I have no idea why.

Mind you Dad was in the RAF so I have lived all over the place including Germany and Kenya and have had friends from all over the world.

[snufflepuff]

Oops just realised my post makes no sense.... it's meant to say 'posh' people not just 'people lol!