when i get asked who i support and I drop the T everyone seems to think i say Cheltenham. Shows how shit we now are I suppose 😂 or how unclearly I speak!
Ditto, and it’s them, not us. Chol’un sounds nuffink like Chel’enum.
The wicked cricket critic’s gig whip snapped. Irish wristwatch, Irish wristwatch, Irish wristwatch. The twenty to two train to Tooting tootled tunefully as it tore through the tunnel.
As someone born and bred in Charlton, I don’t think there are any silent letters in Charlton. The L and T are just soft. It’s certainly not Charton, Charlon or Charon.
The last 16 years have often felt like a journey with Charon.
I was watching some of our old games the other day, mostly 60´s and 70´s and listening to the crowd, it is amazing how diluted the south London accent has become over the years.
I don’t really believe proper South East Londoners are really pronouncing the “r” in Charlton, it’s definitely getting changed to a “w” or possibly an “h” in our accent. The Kent folk may have a different pronunciation but I’m not interested in them.
The wicked cricket critic’s gig whip snapped. Irish wristwatch, Irish wristwatch, Irish wristwatch. The twenty to two train to Tooting tootled tunefully as it tore through the tunnel.
Back in the good days I took my niece and young son to a match. My niece made the comment that my son was the only one she could hear who was actually pronouncing the "T" in Charlton. Me coming from Plumstead thought he sounded a tad out of place. But living and growing up where he did its no real surprise. He doesn't drop his Ts and has no real accent now unlike me who speaks with a Sarf East London accent. It used to bother me, I used to try hard to speak without an accent It was probably a school thing, (1970's), where I and others were ridiculed for not speaking using all the letters correctly. Nowadays it doesn't bother me in the slightest. I actually think most people couldn't give a toss, especially where I work, the majority of my colleagues have a huge array of accents because of where they originate from. Dropping the T is the least of anyones worries.
The wicked cricket critic’s gig whip snapped. Irish wristwatch, Irish wristwatch, Irish wristwatch. The twenty to two train to Tooting tootled tunefully as it tore through the tunnel.
when i get asked who i support and I drop the T everyone seems to think i say Cheltenham. Shows how shit we now are I suppose 😂 or how unclearly I speak!
If I'm not speaking to someone from London, it can take about 3 attempts before having to do my best Shakesperean impression for them to understand what I'm saying.
when i get asked who i support and I drop the T everyone seems to think i say Cheltenham. Shows how shit we now are I suppose 😂 or how unclearly I speak!
If I'm not speaking to someone from London, it can take about 3 attempts before having to do my best Shakesperean impression for them to understand what I'm saying.
I quite often give up, it's not like its any more embarrassing to follow Cheltenham really!
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The wicked cricket critic’s gig whip snapped.
Irish wristwatch, Irish wristwatch, Irish wristwatch.
The twenty to two train to Tooting tootled tunefully as it tore through the tunnel.
….and differentiate ‘foul’ ‘fail’ ‘foal’ ‘feel’ ‘Sal’ ‘sail’ ‘soul’ ‘mail’ ‘mall’ ‘mole’.
We were proper Cholun back then.
No more ‘T’s’ pleeeease
Two different things.
When I asked whether it was Shroosberry or Shrosebury last time we were there, I was told neither! There's no 'R' in Shoosberry!
It's not a silent T when I say it. But it has to be when I sing it.