Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie
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Regional accents- the last straw.
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... so, if you happen to be born into a family speaking RP, what should you do? Should I 'affect' a different accent so as to escape your criticism?
Different people sound different and it's great to hear a variety of voices on the radio.
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... so, if you happen to be born into a family speaking RP, what should you do? Should I 'affect' a different accent so as to escape your criticism?
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Originally posted by Mary Chambers View PostThis is what I was wondering. People used to be apologetic about having regional accents. Is it necessary for them now to be apologetic about not having one? Believe it or not, there are people from all over Britain who have always spoken RP.
The idea that it's somehow 'default English' is one that is thankfully in the past IMV
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Originally posted by Mary Chambers View PostIt is an accent, perhaps, but not a regional one.
(I have arguments with OH who I say hasn't got a Liverpool accent because she was sent away to school; she claims, possibly truthfully, that she spoke like that before she went to school, because her parents did. But I've no means of checking.)
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Originally posted by jean View PostNo, it's really a class one.
(I have arguments with OH who I say hasn't got a Liverpool accent because she was sent away to school; she claims, possibly truthfully, that she spoke like that before she went to school, because her parents did. But I've no means of checking.)
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