Baath or BAHth

My old grampy used to say that the difference between the folks in the North & the South was the way they pronounce BATH.
But unlike the old testament SHIBBOLETH story the real infallible way to identify the 2 worlds was that in the north they say "drop in to see us, anytime" and MEAN it.

In the south they say "drop in anytime" and they DON'T mean it.

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I say, bath, like a sheep would! (barth!)

I have a friend who says to everyone, ‘Keep in touch’ ! It’s not genuine, it’s just said for the sake of it!

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We say Baath here in the south west

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Isn't that the posh way?

I say bath as in sounding like path

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I wonder who will Pull the Plug on this thread.

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I say pee as in barf.

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Baff. There's no 'R' in it is there?
Same as it's 'dance', as it is spelt. Only Southerners say 'darnce'.
Wealthy, posh folk. Pah!

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Who’s posh? I didn’t think l was!

It was the way, l was brought up to speak! What’s wrong in that?

There are other similar sounding words that l stretch the ‘a’ ie. Fraance, not Frarnce!

I bet you say, Frarnce?!

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There's only one 'R' in France too.
It's not "Frarnce" is it?

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Yer........BaTH where I come from....but unfortunately we had ours taken out in favour of a shoW Wer....Sitting in your own dirty water for hours on end just doesn't cut it with me. I'm a 'Quickly In and Out' bloke, myself, but don't misunderstand......I'm very thorough....