tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post2799107775065432639..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Wishin' and Hopin'Steerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-65708045572753863442012-11-09T08:02:05.503+00:002012-11-09T08:02:05.503+00:00Ah, very good point. Now I did read something abou...Ah, very good point. Now I did read something about this years ago - I wish I could remember it properly - but the gist was that class accents are a relatively modern phenomenon and that a 16th century London aristocrat would have sounded a bit like Del Boy (experts have arrived at this conclusion because some contemporary documents were spelled more phonetically).<br /><br />But the point about Romney and Obama is that they consciously changed their accents just for the duration of the campaign. <br /><br />I shouldn't have said 'truck driver', as millions of people from all sorts of backgrounds in Britan and the US say 'in' rather than 'ing'. Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-51382889134340543952012-11-09T00:06:00.344+00:002012-11-09T00:06:00.344+00:00Whar happened to the huntin', shootin' and...Whar happened to the huntin', shootin' and fishin' types? They certainly weren't truck (or lorry) drivers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-80388917988169061032012-11-08T21:45:54.847+00:002012-11-08T21:45:54.847+00:00I seem to remember reading that Wilson's pipe ...I seem to remember reading that Wilson's pipe was also a bit of an affectation.<br /><br />Nothing wrong with sounding like a refugee from the 1940s - at least people can tell what you're saying.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17256244895723910890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-89072850891968815892012-11-08T20:46:38.739+00:002012-11-08T20:46:38.739+00:00His accent was a bit of a hybrid of posh Newcastle...His accent was a bit of a hybrid of posh Newcastle, RP and Estuary glottal stops (but minus the hideous nasal twang). <br /><br />Now that I've thought about the subject a little more, some Labour leaders used to do the same thing as American presidential candidates. Harold Wilson definitely sounded more northern when he addressed the TUC. <br /><br />I also hear lots of middle class men use glottal stops and use "mate" when they want to seem more approachable. <br /><br />Sadly, when I heard my voice played back on a radio interview, I sounded like someone from the 1940s. Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-40271915105229626322012-11-08T20:26:18.374+00:002012-11-08T20:26:18.374+00:00Wasn't Tony Blair notorious for (among other t...Wasn't Tony Blair notorious for (among other things) a kind of put-on "Estuary" accent?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17256244895723910890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-50326972560647667322012-11-07T23:02:31.453+00:002012-11-07T23:02:31.453+00:00Bonne chance, Suki ;)<i>Bonne chance</i>, Suki ;)Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-39817017989896940042012-11-07T22:30:40.243+00:002012-11-07T22:30:40.243+00:00most interesting observations, monsieur. bon nuit...most interesting observations, monsieur. bon nuit.sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.com