On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Indrajit Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > The first kind is straight RP but without the 'spat-out' emphasis of a native > RP speaker. This is the kind that our types who were educated in Britain > generally speak, although some, including dear friends and members of the > medical profession who reign over Silk, have fought it off quite > successfully. So did certain 'classes'; if you have heard Pataudi, you will > know what I mean. Also Gayatri Devi.
One commonly observed practice to put these 'upper-class' speakers in their place is to label them as 'pseud'. I don't really know what that stands for, perhaps, 'pseudo-intellectual'? Is it jealousy, or is there some deeper grouse that causes this name calling? Cheeni
