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Sooty36 | 17:20 Mon 16th Mar 2009 | Phrases & Sayings
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Why do presenters keep saying Laura Norder - whoooo is sheeeee? Don't they mean LAW AND ORDER??? Drives me nuts!
  
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also, RORREGG for raw egg and DRORRINGROOM for drawing room. grrrr...
This is an aspect of some people's pronunciation of English that has long puzzled me, a Scotsman. They'll say cinemar - ie put a final r where there isn't one - but pronounce star as staa - where there is!
However, I can see no point whatsoever in getting annoyed about it, given that anger at language usage has never achieved any improvement. Live with it!
Also hate "gunner" instead of "going to" and "fur" and "tur" when they mean "for" and "to".

Just call me Mrs Pedantic!!

I've even heard these "words" spoken by teachers in our local Primary.
Gonna - which is represented by 'gunner' in your example, Pat - has been in use as a colloquialism on both sides of the Atlantic for a century now. I guess, therefore, that it's here to stay in everyday speech, so - whilst you may not like it - you'll need to get used to it!

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