Posted by Peter Ceresole on December 27, 2006 at 13:18:47 from 80.177.22.49 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Coots In The North - Father/Daddy/Dad? posted by Jenny Berki on December 27, 2006 at 12:20:27:
Is it yet another indication of the dreaded class system?
Yes. Although nothing in the language was absolutely hard and fast- and in those days the class system was less dreaded, than part of the landscape. To a great extent, it still is, although in London middle class children are quite likely to emulate West Indian working class patois. But that's not class, it's fashion.