Originally Posted by anyonefortennis:
“Hev is slang for Heather.”
Maybe if you're a character in Eastenders but I have never heard Heather refer to herself that way or heard anyone who speaks about her say it. She just doesn't pronounce her name that way.
I guess it's just one of those things on the thread that jar with me. Like the constant reference to Goffin as short when he isn't.
Originally Posted by
Lisa.B:
“As in saying going pub instead of going to the pub? I do that and I say wa'er, bu'er, etc.
Let's just say I wouldn't be cut out for a job in broadcasting.
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Nah regional accents are all the rage these days.
I can be a bit south London but my typical voice is like something off radio 4 because I was made to have elocution lessons as a child (to get rid of the south London).