People who start talking posh
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I started when I was a kid.
Everyone I looked up to spoke properly.
A lot of my Grandparents friends were ex-WW2 Army Majors from Burma, or Keen-ya, or In-jar.
The rest were ex-RAF Bomber Command ‘chaps’.
I developed my ‘post war RP’ accent unintentionally.
I read a lot.
My own father, also ex-Public school once ridiculed me for speaking better than him.
It’s no issue to me. It’s how I speak.
If sober I was RP & when drunk slipped into a West Country brogue then it’s an affectation.
Everyone I looked up to spoke properly.
A lot of my Grandparents friends were ex-WW2 Army Majors from Burma, or Keen-ya, or In-jar.
The rest were ex-RAF Bomber Command ‘chaps’.
I developed my ‘post war RP’ accent unintentionally.
I read a lot.
My own father, also ex-Public school once ridiculed me for speaking better than him.
It’s no issue to me. It’s how I speak.
If sober I was RP & when drunk slipped into a West Country brogue then it’s an affectation.
I grew up on a council estate, and people still ridicule me for speaking posh. I just spent my childhood reading absolutely everything as we didn’t even own a TV from 2009-2011 or have Wi-Fi. Nowadays I am lucky enough to live much more comfortably but I still enjoy reading , even if its more the news and articles rather than books.
Spare tyre said:
When I went to uni I ended up in a house share in the first year with three lads from Liverpool
When I went home at Christmas it turns out I had turned into jimmy corkhill in the way I spoke
It's not unusual.When I went home at Christmas it turns out I had turned into jimmy corkhill in the way I spoke
When I was in the forces (based in the south) northern mates found their regional accents softened, but would noticeably return when they went on leave.
My sister moved to Wales 10 years ago She now has a Welsh accent.
98elise said:
Spare tyre said:
When I went to uni I ended up in a house share in the first year with three lads from Liverpool
When I went home at Christmas it turns out I had turned into jimmy corkhill in the way I spoke
It's not unusual.When I went home at Christmas it turns out I had turned into jimmy corkhill in the way I spoke
When I was in the forces (based in the south) northern mates found their regional accents softened, but would noticeably return when they went on leave.
My sister moved to Wales 10 years ago She now has a Welsh accent.
I've no idea what I sound like, something between the two, perhaps?
98elise said:
It's not unusual.
When I was in the forces (based in the south) northern mates found their regional accents softened, but would noticeably return when they went on leave.
My sister moved to Wales 10 years ago She now has a Welsh accent.
Then you get guys like my mates dad. Speaks with a thick Irish accent, he left Ireland in his late teens now is his mid 60s. When I was in the forces (based in the south) northern mates found their regional accents softened, but would noticeably return when they went on leave.
My sister moved to Wales 10 years ago She now has a Welsh accent.
It’s so strong his own children take the piss out of him
He is an absolutely top bloke though.
Some people seem 100% immune to accent change no matter where and for how long they end up. I'd be a bit suspicious of someone who was the extreme opposite.
I was at airport the other day listening to two upper class English boys, Daddy runs NATO type stuff, who were speaking in the most ludicrous cod Jamaican patois I've ever heard. And it was cut glass patois too.
It seemed to rude to interrupt them and ask what was wrong, but they should know their place and stay there.
I was at airport the other day listening to two upper class English boys, Daddy runs NATO type stuff, who were speaking in the most ludicrous cod Jamaican patois I've ever heard. And it was cut glass patois too.
It seemed to rude to interrupt them and ask what was wrong, but they should know their place and stay there.
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