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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm always jarred by "takin' the piss out" when used in casual conversation. I've heard and read complaints in Britain that there is becoming a common drift towards a working class accent all over the country--with everyone turning the "th" into an "f" sound and genally speaking with a Yorkshire accent. It used to be you could practically tell which street a person lived on in Liverpool and now everyone has a "scouse" accent? [/quote] Oh, regional accents are still quite strong. There is sort of a broader shift towards Estuary English (greater London) as sort of the closest to a national generic accent but it’s far from standard. N[b]ot sure where th turning into f is true, however[/b]. Class based accents are weaker than in the past but they definitely still exist. [/quote] It's chavvy street-speak and it's turning the th to a v like "brovah."[/quote]
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