[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 4/4/2008 8:30:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Someone recently told me that it was a sign of refinement/education to be be
to spell a word in different ways. Anyone ever hear of this?
Ruth Anne Baumgartner wrote:
And then there are the Americans who assume EVERY British accent is a
HIGH-CLASS British accent. Someone said to me about an acquaintance
who does indeed speak with a Cockney accent, I love to hear his
accent! It's so refined!
That's hilarious. Guess
In a message dated 4/4/2008 8:30:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Someone recently told me that it was a sign of refinement/education to be be
to spell a word in different ways. Anyone ever hear of this?
Not your, you're and yore. Or
To try to relate my improve your vocab post to costumes:
I love Handel, particularly the oratorio L'allegro, Il Penseroso, et il
Moderato which is [mostly] Milton set to music. Now I don't sit around the
pool
reading Milton [might be nice though] but because Handel set his English
verse
And then there are the Americans who assume EVERY British accent is a
HIGH-CLASS British accent. Someone said to me about an acquaintance
who does indeed speak with a Cockney accent, I love to hear his
accent! It's so refined! And a friend who works at the stage supply
company says she can
We have a lady in our local group who is British, complete with
accent. There have been those who didn't know she was British
complain about the cheesy accent, thinking she was faking it. Even
when pointed out she's not faking, they still insisted it sounded
cheesy.
alex
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008
Doyle
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 9:51 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip
We have a lady in our local group who is British, complete with
accent. There have been those who didn't know she was British
complain about the cheesy accent
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From: Ruth Anne Baumgartner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
... And a friend who works at the stage supply
company says she can always recognize one particular community-
theater box office tape on the phone because the speaker has a phony
British accent, which people seem to
languages
through the present mass-media homogenization.
Cindy Abel
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Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 1:36 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip
In a message dated 4/4/2008 3:09:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We also read some
passages ourselves reprinted from the oldest surviving source aloud
after being told to start by pronouncing the words as they were spelled.
*
Lord! I had a
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip
In a message dated 4/4/2008 3:09:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We also read some
passages ourselves reprinted from the oldest surviving source aloud after
being told to start
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