Is it weird that being in theater has made me sensitive to British dialect class distinctions?
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@arthur_affect yes with the British accents -- the Geico gecko -- sometimes Cockney, sometimes posh.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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It's like the Star Trek fanfic that named the Camelot-like Merrie Olde England planet "Essex"
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@arthur_affect That's hilarious. I grew up in New Jersey and worked for a time in Essex, UK. The jokes were the same.
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@arthur_affect Also that few realise the common response to the Standard Posh Voice is not deference but "haha, look at this nobbo twat!"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arthur_affect To say nothing of the *massive* difference between northern and southern accents. And that's just in England alone.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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