A glottal stop too far

Disgruntled, I'm with you all the way!

nancyma, I find a lot of speaking is too fast as well. It seems to happen especially on radio, as if the programme makers hadn't really allowed enough time for all that needed to be said. Also in films: I often miss phrases or sentences that are muttered at extra speed. Mind you, in those cases, I think it's the muttering (lack of articulation again) as much as speed.

I think we all have our views as to what we feel is acceptable and what is not - be it articulation, grammar or prosody.
From the posts I've read it does sound as if there are many "middle class grannies" (and I am one) who find that some omissions, errors etc really do jar.
Having said that language does evolve; listen to Wendy's voice on the original (1950) Peter Pan DVD and you will find it sounds rather "clipped". RP speech does change over time and whilst I have my minor irritations (bee'root) I have to say that the programme that drives ME barmy is "Made in Chelsea" where there are absolutely no glottal stops to be found! (DIL loves it and I love her so I pretend to enjoy it!)

Quite agree with Day6, I call them 'me,me,me' people. Another thing is the number of times that the word but is used on weather forecasts - I find it quite amusing, if distracting, to keep count.

The accent on "Brief Encounter" is hideous and reminds me of Harry Enfield!

daphnedill really needs to check what she's sending before she sends it!
I'm going to be charitable and assume she intended to type 'Jo Frost' not 'Jo Cox', but it was a dreadful mistake to make!

Apparently the purest English is spoken in Inverness. Just saying!!

Daphne dil made a mistake I would presume. It took me a while to work out what was so wrong. I took her to mean the nanny Jo. I could not recall her surname either. I would not have nanny Jo near my kids either.

I have heard that too Katek.

Nothing new here. I remember a boy In the playground (50+) years ago when asked who had hit the ball: " e it it". Also, one of my DC, aged about 5, talking about a classmate: "he says butter without any ts".

There are certain actors who I refuse to watch, Liam Neeson in particular. His inability to enunciate clearly and poor voice projection does not make easy listening.

However a cut-glass accent grates on my nerves a little, so ideally a neutral accent projected well.

Spf I think someone else made the mistake first then Daphnedil just copied it without thinking (that's what I think anyway fwiw).

When I was quite small and listening to adult conversation, it seemed to be quite a habit to say, "She turned round and said ....", " And then she turned round and said....". No-one seemed able to hold a conversation without spinning round and round. I found it very puzzling.

How can you love someone to bits?

Gaggi, ?? whirling dervishes!

I never realised that gransnet was so snobby! or maybe I always knew

Jeez it must be wonderful to be so perfec

Unfortunately, people can't hear/don't listen to the way they speak. We learned this on a course led by a speech therapist. She was explaining that it's no use trying to correct children with speech difficulties e.g. inability to pronounce 'g' by mocking them (as if we would have!) Say Bobby can't sound 'g'. If you tell him, "Bobby, doh and det the doddles!", he'll look blankly at you and then say, "Dont be silly, Mrs Jones! It's not doh and det the doddles. It's doh and det the doddles!" In other words, (go and get the goggles) Bobby thinks he's pronouncing those words in the same way as everyone else when they pronounce them correctly.

People seem to use then instead of than these days.

'Myself' is a word much misapplied...

But here's a cheering thought! It has annoyed me greatly, when using the self-checkout in Morrisons, that the till voice always said, "Morrison's More card excepted. Hooray! They've changed it so she says accepted! Whoop! Yes, I know. I'm a saddo....

You got it in one.

But 'she' could have just had a very posh accent, lizzypopbottle - like wot the Queen used to sound like when she were a lass...

Well, they've changed it, Ana, so someone must have complained!

Only just worked out what you meant, gillybob. Better to be a saddo, perhaps... ?

I also hate the dropping of t's! My Dsil is interviewed on TV occasionally, and he comes across very well, in spite of coming from a region well known for it's strong accent, but I'm aghast at the number of times he drops his t's! I'm afraid I had to tell him!

The Queen is doing voice overs for Morrisons?

I remember years ago the little boy over the road saying he had lost his ball in the "gu'er". Unable to restrain myself I asked what the "gu'er" was and got the reply "wha' the wa'er comes ou' of"