Bradley Walsh - Appalling Grammar

[Trish9]

I wish someone would tell Bradley Walsh (The Chase and Specsavers Crime Thriller Club) to stop saying "we was", "you was" and "them" things (instead of "those" things.

[sir.prize]

The Chase is a joke when they ask the Chaser 'What is the fifth letter of the alphabet'.

Yes, they did last week!

[boxtops]

There is no such thing as received English these days - people tend to speak in the language they were brought up with (or, in the language with which they were brought up). He's not a newsreader, accuracy isn't essential.

[KARL]

I sympathise and actually wish it were not considered cool to choose bad English over proper speech. There are new things being added all the time and gaining currency. "Sick(th)" instead of six(th) is a trend that is probably less than three years old but has been taken up with gusto so people who previously spoke correctly now copy this revolting habit, particularly noticeably media people do and so spread the illness very effectively.

[DJHawkes]

who cares, he's brilliant, we don't all prefer posh know it alls

[Tuvok]

Have you noticed the English add an extra letter in some words

eg. drawing pronounced as draw ring, singing as sing ingg

[jomifl]

Tuvok, that is a regional linguistic peculiarity emanating from 'up north', do you know any more?

[jomifl]

You have me there Steve, I was trying not to offend by apparent mockery. I was born in Lancashire so I probably have right to attempt bogus lancashire accents, wouldn't attempt Yorkshire though for ethnic reasons.

[jomifl]

possibly 'oop nurth'

[237SJ]

It grates on me too although there is probably no point in telling him to stop doing it as he`s been speaking like that all his life.

[zebo]

DJHAwkes, you refer to "posh know it alls" and this is considered to be an acceptable way to describe a group, but were I to describe a group as "thick, common illiterates", that would be considered rude. It's quite in vogue to insult some groups but not others. Why is this I wonder?

[Tuvok]

I don't think the extra letter thing I mentioned is limited to one part of England - I can hear it on any program originating in any part of England, as well as some of my co-workers.

[knockavacca]

try living in the welsh valleys,when they ask ? how you are,it comes out as
"ow b"

[KARL]

Well said and much to the point, zebo

[Peter Pedant]

Bradley W

oh and he has that awful estuarial accent too....

darling it is just too much or as they might say today:
give it a rest

[pugthedog]

JDhawkes i agree with you

[DJHawkes]

it's always been quite acceptable to insult southern softies and the elite element that dwell darn sarf. Life would be dull if we all talked like wot royalty does

[zebo]

"the elite element that dwell darn sarf"? Would that be darn sarf Manchistah, ie the Hale area triangle?

[FoxLee2]

I think you are confusing two things here. Just because you use correct grammar and say, for instance, 'we were' instead of 'we was', doesn't mean that you change your accent and suddenly speak like the Queen. Speaking of royalty, Prince William's accent is nothing like the Queen's and yet he still manages to use correct grammar. To say 'we was' or 'them things' is ugly, lazy and just plain ignorant.