Posted by Peter Hyland on June 06, 2014 at 08:04:49 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: Arthur's voice posted by Peter Ceresole on June 06, 2014 at 06:20:47:
Well, OK, as I'm English I will just have to spend some time working out what 'caste' I have in my mouth. I have no idea what 'caste' means in this non-Indian context, and I have no idea which 'caste' my family fit into. If Peter Ceresole could hear me speak, I would challenge him to tell me in which 'caste' I am.
I think this is a case where we are simply not going to agree. My own personal experience in life has led me to distrust more and more all these sweeping and stereotyped generalisations about nationalities and 'classes'. It's a case of 'nature v. nurture' and as regards accents I believe that nurture is key. I agree with Luke Dolman that 'background, where they were educated and so on' are the key factors, particularly 'and so on' which contains infinite variables.