'public school accent'
Posted by Word Camel on September 22, 2004
In Reply to: 'public school accent' posted by James Briggs on September 22, 2004
: : The accent of one who has been through the elite school system in the UK is distinctive. The question is -- how can this accent replace the original accent of boys from all over the country who presumably have developed their speech patterns when they get to school?
: This accent is fairly rapidly disappearing from British, especially English, society. You only have to hear either Princes Harry or William to hear how current Public School characters speak - very much like lots of other people with what has come to be called 'BBC English'. However, this is changing too, with many regional accents to be heard.
: Presumably the children do inherit their speeech patterns from their childhoods, but many are influenced by radio and TV programmes - see above.
Funnily enough, I've heard quite a few people with public school accents adjusting theirs to sound more common. Accents are more fluid than GB Shaw would have had us believe.
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