what about kids speaking in Australian accent because of Bluey?
I think this affects parents more than kids. Fer real life mate. Wackadoo.
We are currently trying to dissuade our daughter from using dunny instead of toilet or loo. She also likes yelling it out.
We know the more we acknowledge it, the harder it will be to stop it…
My 3y/o Scottish nephew speaks in a near perfect American accent because of how much YouTube he watches
I’m Scottish as is my whole family and our nieces (5 of them) all say bucks, trash can, soccer ball. I’m quick to point out their errors but I have to give them a wee bit leeway but I draw the line at trick or treating.
What do you guys call it?
(Canadian here, we get the British spelling of American words here, and of course the correct spelling of whisky)
The spelling of whisky/whiskey is not tied to the speaker’s dialect, it’s actually tied to the whisk(e)y’s origin.
Scotch, Canadian, and Japanese whiskies are spelled “whisky.”
American and Irish whiskeys are spelled “whiskey.”
So “bourbon whisky” would be incorrect in any English dialect, as would “Canadian whiskey.”
In Scotland it was always called ‘guising’ (as in disguising) and we used to ‘dook for apples’ (bob for apples) and carve neeps (turnips) instead of pumpkins. I also remember a game of a treacle treat dangled on string that you had to eat with no hands but that was an old one with my grandparents.
Also it used to have to be something scary; wolves, witches, vampires, monsters. Now it’s essentially fancy dress.
Wait until they start wearing our blue jeans and listening to our pop music.
For a bit, this was true for my daughter. She started to call me “dahddy” when she was into Peppa Pig. It didn’t last long, though.
My kid is there. When something goes wrong he’ll say “oh NO!” Which can’t be typed in an Oxford accent but trust me you can hear it.
Other Peppa-isms include the use of the words “silly” and “naughty”.
This manifests in phases like, *“Oh NO, silly Andy!”
Stop letting the tv teach your kids then, shitty parents…or don’t complain when they get taught things
Apparently I was like this, due to Ringo Starr playing Mr. Conductor on Shining Time Station.
