Re: Blackett English


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Posted by Adam Quinan on October 17, 2003 at 20:40:10 from 66.185.85.76 user Adam.

In Reply to: Blackett English posted by John Lambert on October 17, 2003 at 20:12:57:

I think that it is a mistaken assumption that because Nancy and Peggy seem to have spoken "posh", that their parents and family weren't native to the Lake District. There were two aspects which determine the accents people used, especially in the 1930s, locality and class. People used to work very hard to develop a "proper" accent if they weren't brought up using one. Members of the (upper) middle classes would have all spoken pretty well the same way whether they were brought up in London, Consiston or Horning. It was called BBC English or more correctly Received Pronunciation. No doubt they could also put on a local accent if they wanted to, most British people who have lived in a number of different areas can put on some attempt at the regional accents of the places they have lived for any length of time. Usually not well enough to be thought a native but recognisable at least.


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