"The speech of some of the girls was appalling."
Capetonian - couldn`t agree more. I`m afraid that is part of a general malaise affecting society - the dumbing down of good grammer in preference to a patois that comes from God knows where."
Often found in working class mixed ethnicity schooling environments where different pronunciations of certain English words occurs and influenced by certain "street speak" accents which, in the case of one of the applicants, would immediately be picked up by those who may feel only Oxford English should be heard on a (very) British Airline. I wonder how say an applicant with a broad Geordie, Glaswegian or Kerry accent obtaining no snapshots would fare?
Reminiscent of BBC attitudes many years ago?
Last edited by B314; 13th Jun 2014 at 02:51.
Reason: Diversifying broad accents