General Chat

Yes JG - I think when we speak on the phone, especially to people we haven't met, we probably talk with more care if that makes sense. I quite often have to speak to groups of people and I speak a lot differently than I do when I speak to family.

Sue xx

I always thought my great aunts were *posh* it was only later in life that I realised it was all an affectation and they were, underneath it all the same as the rest of us !

What you see isn't always the full picture x

Sue, i have in the past worked as a telephonist, and have always put my best voice on. i think we all have a 'Telephone voice. I remember once, my boyfriend rang my place of work and of course I answered, he asked to speak to me by name and didnt realise it was me.
I have a very stong accent and I hate it.

Do you notice your own accent JG? When I hear some people speaking with a very Aussie accent I cringe hoping that's not how I sound but there is a definate change from region to region and "country folk" talk differently than "city folk".

Sue xx

Upper class twits who like to think they're better than everyone else,and everyone else knows they're not!! ;O)

Well, just referring to your other threads on accents.....I would class Joanna Lumley as having a posh accent......pleasant on the ear and not strained like some who try and put one on.....

Had another thought......thinking about strong accents....

....when I watched Jane Horrocks on WDYTYA, she said that when she went to drama school they wanted her to change her accent, but thank goodness she didn't because she gets so much work from theaccent she was born with.......like Julie Walters as well.......love them.....

I would say Joanna Lumley was well spoken not posh.

Years ago dialects were frowned upon,especially at the BBC and it could be difficult to get a job.Nowadays there is more freedom and regional accents are more welcome.

Of course there's always been comedians/actors who didn't change and audiences loved them for it.

My ideas of "posh have changed radically as iv'e got older.

I used to think people who owned their homes,had two cars,paid a cleaner,gardener,and a nanny to look after the brats, were the bees knees.

I now know that most of them havn't got a pot to pi"! in, and live on credit.

On the other hand,I have worked all my life behind the bar serving pints,and cleaning "posh" houses by day.

I own outright my detached house,own a Chelsea Tractor, have nice furniture( well, it was til the cats ruined it) and I don't owe a penny.

But,I consider myself working class,and have even been known to swear like a trouper.

Posh is just a word used by 'lower' classes, or those who 'feel' inferior, whether they are or not, to describe those with more money than they/or with an 'upper class' accent....in my opinion that is.

The word Posh means nothing to the people who are thought to be posh by those who 'feel' inferior, whether they are or not....is what I meant to say :-))))