Reverse snobbery,,,,
So here's how it works; Let's suppose you were born into a family on a sink estate in say Salford, Lancashire. Unfortunately individual expression at your local comprehensive school is a bit of a no-no. Kids know how to say 'Hospital' and 'Custard creams' however they also know that to say this will mark them out as 'trying to be posh' and therefore a target of abuse, hense; 'hospikal' and 'Custod kreems' etc.

I feel sorry for these kids as its undoubtedly a massive hurdle to overcome once the bright ones strive for bigger and better things later in life. That said some of these little shits nicked my (chained up) mountain bike out of a (double locked) shed in Salford but that's another story.

I guess this reverse snobbery has gone on for years...
My Grandad (gawd' bless im') grew up in a very deprived area of Manchester near to Man City's old ground (Mayne Road) and his brother Jack worked in an abattoir, now they all knew how to pronounce this but because it's originally a French word and sounds a bit poncy ('Pretentious,Moi?')then abattoir became 'abba-tyre' and I suspect it still is if anyone can confirm this.

So to sum up, these words are a defence mechanism in rough schools and fair play to anyone who didn't succumb to this pressure and endured the casual abuse that resulted.
(Moominator missing the good stuff cos' the swear filter is on, Sat 10 Apr 2010, 5:27, Reply)