• Angelusz@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    The meme is inaccurate, brits would indeed pronounce the “he” in hell as well, if educated.

    However; many dialects see “blohdy 'ell” (phonetically written) or some variation of it, as common.

    So I understand your confusion, but there’s order in the chaos. Always is. 😉

    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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      2 hours ago

      if educated

      I mean everyone was educated if they were in school after 1947 in the UK, which is where the idiom you use comes from.

      Many British accents drop /h/ as accent is no longer a certain indicator of class, plus, code switching is a thing. I consider myself pretty well educated and will drop my aiches in most contexts except formal.

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      5 hours ago

      I think the meme is saying we’re all cockneys from a Mel Gibson film and not Scots, Welsh, Yorkshire, Midlands, Lancashire, Home Counties, Northern Irish, Cornish, Dwarvish, etc etc.