Quote: Sarc @ 10th June 2016, 8:57 PM BSTit's possible to guess the class of someone by the way they say Tesco or Asda. If they say "I'm going to Asdas/Tescos"
Puts me in mind of people who refer to messaging via their mobiles.
If they say they sent a number of 'texts', they're normal, but if they say 'textes', they're morons.
What's that about?!
Quote: fopdoodle @ 10th June 2016, 11:55 PM BSTPuts me in mind of people who refer to messaging via their mobiles.
If they say they sent a number of 'texts', they're normal, but if they say 'textes', they're morons.
What's that about?!
Oh, that is very strange!
I can never understand where that came from.
Quote: zooo @ 11th June 2016, 12:02 AM BSTOh, that is very strange!
I can never understand where that came from.
Seems to be a favoured and popular pronunciation by people who are not so fond of teeth. 
I have two fridges, one for food the other for drink. I also have two large TV's in different lounges and four large bookcases.I once shopped in a Tesco grocery store (when over in the UK) and was horrified to have to pack my own bags after the check out. I have to say Australian's do pronounce the letter H incorrectly as in haitch instead of aitch. This annoys me no end.
Strumpet
In defence of the accusation that I might be a toff - the first 5 years of my life were spent in a rat-infested single-end in the centre of Glasgow, and the next 3 years in a single-end up a close in Rab C. Nesbittland, i.e. Govan (those were very happy days). Then it was a move to a housing scheme where we actually had a bathroom and didn't need to share an outside lavvy with the neighbours. I will admit to going to Glasgow University in the days when fewer working class people did. None of this has scarred me for life. 