On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 08:02:55PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > > > However, if you want to risk a saline end, here's the link. Let us > > know if > > > you survive. > > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/King-James-Bible-400th- > > Anniversary/dp/0199557608/ref > > > =pd_sim_b_3 > > > > > > B > > > > Well, I have an older version, somewhat closer to The Original, if The > > Original is assumed to exist. > > > > Now, I did listen to the guy talking. I mostly concentrated on his > > pronunciation as I understand he ought to be British, which is > > interesting to my untrained ear. > > > > not just British, but English. As everyone knows, God is an Englishman. > > His accent is quite interesting. It is what's called RP, which you probably > know means 'Received Pronunciation' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation>. In other words, it is > the 'standard' educated English accent which chaps like one tend to converge > on, although one's is not as educated as his. He has what sounds like a > slight undercurrent of the West Country, which is the part of England to the > south and west of Oxford, and I'd guess that's where he is from originally - > his R is mildly retroflex and he pronounces the vowel in 'type' rather like > the vowel in 'boy', but his education and resulting social position seem to > have heightened the upper class aspects of his accent and diction.
Note, too, his pronunciation of words like "about", "aloud", and "pleasure"; I'd agree that sounds like a west country burr lurking under the surface. I wouldn't characterise this accent as particularly upper-class, though, especially considering the age of the speaker. Educated, certainly, but not a noticeable public school twang (let alone Eton, Oxford and the Guards). While my pronunciation has lapsed considerably in the 30+ years I've been in the colonies, I can, if I put my mind to it, produce an accent that makes it apparent just what a jumped-up little oik this video presenter really is. Even the BBC lets Just about anybody read the news nowadays, and they don't even have to wear evening dress for the broadcast! Bring back Richard Baker, Robert Dougall and Jack de Manio (or Douglas Smith, at a pinch ...). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
