I don’t think that’s really applicable since nobody speaks like that anymore
The educated Bay Area Californian accent is the accent of the wealthiest Americans. If you hear somebody with what some people are starting to call the ‘Stanford Accent’ odds are they are wealthy or will be.
Haven’t heard of that, I suppose I’m not fancy enough
I think it’s mostly about just having a neutral accent (as in no regional drawl or inflection) and clearly annunciating words.
Na. The kind of accent spoken by upper classes in the early 20th century is extinct. Mostly because of American cultural dominance and plebian Brit slang entering the general lexicon.
The educated Bay Area Californian accent is the accent of the wealthiest Americans. If you hear somebody with what some people are starting to call the ‘Stanford Accent’ odds are they are wealthy or will be.
wrong
breh
like
uhhh, just, breh, I can't even
you know
right
breh
...lol, frick CA. The cleanest English, and most emulated by upper class and media, is the North West "accent" and articulation.
In the 1930s-1950s it would have been the Mid-Atlantic Accent. But in modern times, it's probably the General American Accent (the accent spoken by newscasters)
The educated Bay Area Californian accent is the accent of the wealthiest Americans. If you hear somebody with what some people are starting to call the ‘Stanford Accent’ odds are they are wealthy or will be.
Lol but it is, it's just that we are too stupid to realize it, and the upper class knows hiw to divert the proles' attention by making them fight over racism or other stupid shit
How come I'm from an upper class family and racist? Aren't we supposed to be above that?
Na. The kind of accent spoken by upper classes in the early 20th century is extinct. Mostly because of American cultural dominance and plebian Brit slang entering the general lexicon.
It's definitely is still a thing but diluted, that's mainly the diphthongs and the vowel at the end of the word "happy" are pronounced the same as standard English. I don't think it's going anyway, people are still learning it because of the prestige. And don't forget there was never one single variety. The boarding school accent spoken by old etonians is almost a drawl and very different to the learned variety that was taught for BBC and spoken more by women.
Didn't say classws don't exist, because there's always at least the working class and a capitalist class.
/Classism/ is less pronounced.
In the UK classes are like literal castes who, despite any material wealth, maintain illusions of privilege or lack of privilege.
hrrm. I'd guess by "posh" you're not just saying "wealthy or educated, well spoken", so I assume it's meant to be an accent that is added on top of however someone really speaks, like "aaahh daahhhling yes we truly MUST get the crumpets mmyyeehhsss"
Yeah I dunno if we have one of those. I'd agree with the mid atlantic accent if it wasn't something purely for actors and entertainers. Really you don't get it for the entire country, but there are regional """""""posh"""""""""" accents. Wealthy white Texans (actual texans, not transplants) really do speak alot like what you hear Buck Strickland talk like in KOTH. It's a "boss" accent around here, in the sense that everyone has had a boss that sounds like that, military officers from Texas sound like that. Hell you probably just start doing it once you get high up enough the food chain.
That weird accent in 30s,40s, and 50s Hollywood movies
I don’t think that’s really applicable since nobody speaks like that anymore
Haven’t heard of that, I suppose I’m not fancy enough
I think it’s mostly about just having a neutral accent (as in no regional drawl or inflection) and clearly annunciating words.
The accent most Americans think of when they hear "posh British English" doesn't exist anymore either.
It really does mate
Na. The kind of accent spoken by upper classes in the early 20th century is extinct. Mostly because of American cultural dominance and plebian Brit slang entering the general lexicon.
It has a name, the Trans-Atlantic accent
The Boston Brahmin or the Cary Grant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent
The educated Bay Area Californian accent is the accent of the wealthiest Americans. If you hear somebody with what some people are starting to call the ‘Stanford Accent’ odds are they are wealthy or will be.
wrong
breh
like
uhhh, just, breh, I can't even
you know
right
breh
...lol, frick CA. The cleanest English, and most emulated by upper class and media, is the North West "accent" and articulation.
Go sleep on some heroin needles in your Black person autonomous zone.
In the 1930s-1950s it would have been the Mid-Atlantic Accent. But in modern times, it's probably the General American Accent (the accent spoken by newscasters)
Upspeak, vocal fry, "neutral" pronunciation.
Which describes this
Mid Atlantic accent you see in old movies or radio shows.
Whatever accent Batman's butler has.
But really, classism is much less pronounced in the US than it is in the UK, so the effect is not as strong.
Lol but it is, it's just that we are too stupid to realize it, and the upper class knows hiw to divert the proles' attention by making them fight over racism or other stupid shit
How come I'm from an upper class family and racist? Aren't we supposed to be above that?
It's definitely is still a thing but diluted, that's mainly the diphthongs and the vowel at the end of the word "happy" are pronounced the same as standard English. I don't think it's going anyway, people are still learning it because of the prestige. And don't forget there was never one single variety. The boarding school accent spoken by old etonians is almost a drawl and very different to the learned variety that was taught for BBC and spoken more by women.
>How come I'm from an upper class family and racist
Because you want to fit in here.
Didn't say classws don't exist, because there's always at least the working class and a capitalist class.
/Classism/ is less pronounced.
In the UK classes are like literal castes who, despite any material wealth, maintain illusions of privilege or lack of privilege.
hrrm. I'd guess by "posh" you're not just saying "wealthy or educated, well spoken", so I assume it's meant to be an accent that is added on top of however someone really speaks, like "aaahh daahhhling yes we truly MUST get the crumpets mmyyeehhsss"
Yeah I dunno if we have one of those. I'd agree with the mid atlantic accent if it wasn't something purely for actors and entertainers. Really you don't get it for the entire country, but there are regional """""""posh"""""""""" accents. Wealthy white Texans (actual texans, not transplants) really do speak alot like what you hear Buck Strickland talk like in KOTH. It's a "boss" accent around here, in the sense that everyone has had a boss that sounds like that, military officers from Texas sound like that. Hell you probably just start doing it once you get high up enough the food chain.
Jared Taylor,
"Hu-white"
It doesn't have one. They're all post-colonial plebs.
New england/Bostonian upper class
Theodore Roosevelt spoke with a variation of this.
William F Buckley
Isn't that mid-atlantic?