The loss of a T

Has anyone else noticed that several commentators/anchor people/advertising over-voices appear to have lost the letter T? It really annoys me when these folk say words such as Bri'ain, Na'alie, no'ed, of'en and so on. Or am I just being too pernickety? (or should that be pernicke'y)

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I think it's because they now employ people with regional accents & no longer use the very correct English speaking people. It doesn't bother me.

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Yes, I know what you mean. The other thing that is growing in prevalence is the amount of people (Boris is one of the worst offenders) who say, e.g. "We're going ter do xyz"

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Or even persnickety...................

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I agree with you.

Regional accents can be charming - but sloppy speech is just laziness and unpleasant.

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Remember the very posh voices from the past TV news readers and presenters. If I listen to an old movie or news cast or black and white TV shows people spoke extreeeeeemmmllyyy posh , as posh as the queen speaks if not posher .

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Are you being persnickety about me using the older version of the word, pernickety ...

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It used to be called the Queen's English didn't it Susan, amusing to listen to these days and very outdated!

Then there was BBC English but that has gone by the way now unless dropping letters is now classed as BBC English because some of their commentators and presenters are the worst culprits.

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Yes Silver Tabby, my view exactly - it is sloppy and lazy and I suspect sometimes done deliberately for effect rather than being part of a regional dialect.

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All this time I assumed so many had a stuffy nose or sinus infection.