A glottal stop too far

Typing not so good - it should, of course, be pet.

My biggest per hate is contrAversy instead of controversy - my husband shouts at the screen for me now.

I don't mind regional accents at all but my pet peeve is the constant and superfluous addition of the word 'like' into every sentence. In particular the phrase 'I was like...'

I personally think my accent is dreadful.
It sounds fine to me, until I hear it played back.

My old headteacher at high school used to say " I will not tolewate jewelly* bless her she had suffered a stroke which left her speech impaired. My best friend was called Julie and we all used to say " Miss Harris just won't tolewate you" cruel I know .

I feel like there should be an "ist" for this.
Grammarist. Accentist?

What seems odd to me is that the glottal stop is usually associated with lazy speech, but de'rimen'al is actually harder to say than detrimental . Well it is for me anyway.

And burgalry instead of burglary. Inspector Frost (David Jason) used to be guilty of that!

Also joollery

Oh yes nanasam that one is awful also February without the first ' r ' and burgular instead of burglar. Feel an attack of grumpy old woman coming on.

How about 'Nucular' power?

Maybe "Expert Grammarians " should get a life and what the hell is "Estuary English" when it's at home?

I like proper speech too. I cringe at the constant mumffp being used on house type television programmes such as Homes under the Hammer or Benefit Tenants instead of month. The wrong grammar of Bradley Walsh and others is irritating. I hate to hear people talk of drawring instead of drawing and another one being aks in place of ask. I wonder why the BBC VOICE is longer heard. People took pride in speaking clearly and properly but now it is not even required for television personalities. I would not object to a regional accent if the words used were properly and not slovenly delivered

I wouldn't choose Jo Cox as a nanny :-(

I love accents andI have a broad Brummie accent but I too hope I know how to speak. It just strikes me as sloppy.

Sorry, but I disagree with you. I've just been listening to Angela Rayner on YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vMsT4r6Wic

I've heard people in Stockport speak like that.

Here are some features of a Manchester accent:

englishesna1d.wikispaces.com/Mancunian

A glottal 't' is typical.

I agree. I also find Jess Phillips' estuary English makes her sound yobbish (which isn't helped by the things she says).
Estuary English isn't an accent, it is just bad elocution but saying that would lead to accusations of snobbery.
Angela Rayner has said that she did not have a good education herself and had to overcome it and so I do think that she will make a good education secretary but it would be better if she improved her speech. I am disappointed tough that she has not said anything about the governments proposals to make faith schools even more divisive.
I think the same thing about Jo Cox. She is great as a nanny but I would still choose one who spoke well if I were in that position.

I am from Stockport but I hope I know how to speak, well actually I do know how to speak and glottal stops don't come into it.

There are those who seem to have made the 'W' redundant. "Droring" and "loranorder" are ones that particularly drive me wild. "Was" and "were" became a thorny issue between my former boss and myself. He considered himself to be an expert grammarian (he considered himself to be an expert in everything) and we were constantly at odds as I used to proof read his reports and letters. I would correct a 'was' for a 'were' and he would send back having put the original word back in.

Yes, 'sickth' and also 'fith' are my pet hates...

And 'secketry'.

Yes George Clark is from the NE shysal and I think his accent is lovely.

Oh dear I couldn't disagree more. I love to hear regional accents. Some more than others ( I hate mine) but really couldn't care less about how things are pronounced . Why do we all need to sound as though we are reading the news ?

KatieK - everytime Bradley says that I cringe too. I love him to bits but argh! Personally I dislike 'sickth' instead of 'sixth'. I feel eyes boring into me as I bite my tongue not to say anything when I hear it on television. My family are waiting for me to react!

And my pet hate 'sick' instead of 'sixth'

Angela Rayner is from Stockport and a glottal 't' is part of the Manchester accent.

Yes, I admit to hating all these crimes against pronunciation too. I hate 'claps' for 'collapse','rawlway' for 'railway', and many more. I also hate the shock of two vowels.