I was told that the act of putting milk in first came from when cups were made of clay and if you poured boiling water the cup could explored, milk cooled the water and stopped burns 😊
Interesting, I think mothers the world over want their children to do better and mine was always correcting my pronunciation. What we now call received pronunciation or the BBC English of the news reader was the standard. Working class culture was go to school only as long as you have to, then get a good job. I sort of accidently ended up at FE college doing IT or Computer science/studies where one of our classes was communications studies. One thing I did get was that you need to talk to your audience in a way they would understand even if it's only 1 to 1.
Thus I mix n match depending on who I talk to and the point I want to make. I talk to trades people in the same way I talked to adults as a young teen. When mainly in London & at work I talk, as I would term it, more posh AND I use longer more difficult words.
One thing which made me smile when we started helping at the community allotment, was being greeted by a cheery "art a noon" making me feel instantly at home by reminding me of my semi rural Norfolk childhood🙂
I was told that the act of putting milk in first came from when cups were made of clay and if you poured boiling water the cup could explored, milk cooled the water and stopped burns 😊
Thanks Nigel. Could be true. but it sounds unlikely. I prefer my theory!
Typical, your upper class theory is based on your ability to afford China cups 🙄
Interesting, I think mothers the world over want their children to do better and mine was always correcting my pronunciation. What we now call received pronunciation or the BBC English of the news reader was the standard. Working class culture was go to school only as long as you have to, then get a good job. I sort of accidently ended up at FE college doing IT or Computer science/studies where one of our classes was communications studies. One thing I did get was that you need to talk to your audience in a way they would understand even if it's only 1 to 1.
Thus I mix n match depending on who I talk to and the point I want to make. I talk to trades people in the same way I talked to adults as a young teen. When mainly in London & at work I talk, as I would term it, more posh AND I use longer more difficult words.
One thing which made me smile when we started helping at the community allotment, was being greeted by a cheery "art a noon" making me feel instantly at home by reminding me of my semi rural Norfolk childhood🙂