I dont think its a bad idea, my son had to go to speak therapy for years. If you have a strong regional accent its a good idea then you can communicate with everyone, but some regional accents are very hard to understand especially over the telephone |
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"just saw on the news a school in essedx is introducing elocution lesons for the kids.
good idea or bad?
for me, anything that gets rid of the 'bovvered' culture is a good thing"
I have visions of hordes of essex chavs going home and unscrewing the consumer unit cos teach says they can do it proper like now.  |
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Elocution is Very important... Most of us write as we talk, then apply various rules...
If you are capable of propper elecution when necessary, you can keep your dialect and streetspeak for general use...;-) |
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Agree with the above. I must be a rare one, because I actualy speak as I write, for the most part. I am also lucky in that I don't have a particularly strong regional accent (most people up here think I come from London, which is sooooo wrong).
It doesn't wind me up, but I do sometimes cringe wen I hear 'oficials' speak and they mangle a sentence to the Nth degree. It horible to hear and I have to bite my tounge sometimes to stop myself from corecting people..... |
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"just saw on the news a school in essedx is introducing elocution lesons for the kids.
good idea or bad?
for me, anything that gets rid of the 'bovvered' culture is a good thing"
It's not a bad idea but as we are in hard times could the money not have been better spent.  |
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Everyone says that I have a very posh speaking voice, I do speak clearly and I don't have a regional accent. And as neither of us originate from Birmingham then we don't have a Birmingham or Black Country accent either.
I'm used to speaking publicly in meetings and to members of the public so I do pronounce words clearly.
I think its a good idea for children to have elocution lessons, as a v ery strong accent can be limiting in certain situations  |
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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago
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I dont think it does anyone any harm, having a better grasp of the english language, or giving various people elocution lessons, but what i wouldnt want to see is people losing part of their identity, an accent is part of that  |
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"Agree with the above. I must be a rare one, because I actualy speak as I write, for the most part. I am also lucky in that I don't have a particularly strong regional accent (most people up here think I come from London, which is sooooo wrong).
It doesn't wind me up, but I do sometimes cringe wen I hear 'oficials' speak and they mangle a sentence to the Nth degree. It horible to hear and I have to bite my tounge sometimes to stop myself from corecting people....."
'corecting??' Lol. Sos Georgy, couldn't resist! |
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By *andKCouple
over a year ago
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it amazes me when the press make things like this sound new. we were both dragged up in Essex, K's school had mandatory eloclution lessons, mine had them for those that needed them, but hey someone 'new' obviously thought they were a good idea lol |
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