what a shame that people are judged by the way that they speak and that, in some situations, correct grammar is inappropriate. What if the poor bugger was a toff that had fallen on hard times and had forgotten to use the vernacular appropriate to his current station in life? ( pun intended)
It is a sad fact that rude people exist and some people resent others simply because they dress or speak in "better" ways.
On Friday 23 of November, I was walking home from my local pharmacy. It was bin-day, so there were bins galore...adorning the pavements.
I saw a lady, well dressed, speaking with the received pronunciation and using a standard register, asking one of the men not to throw her bins on the pavement but leave them where they'd found them.
He walked away and, rather loudly, responded, "la-di-da!"
It's not 1985 and, yet, it still happens.
I have a dream that my.. children.. one day..
will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their
character
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What if the poor bugger was a toff that had fallen on hard times and had forgotten to use the vernacular appropriate to his current station in life? ( pun intended)
I have a very working-class accent. The look of bemusement on the faces of others when I use 'one' is very amusing.
A glow worm's never glum
Cos how can you be grumpy
When the sun shines out your bum!
I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character
Martin Luther King