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<blockquote data-quote="Thingimubob" data-source="post: 290114"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sir. Speedy @ Nov 27 2009, 02:48 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=423608" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>I was clever enough to pick English <em>Language</em> not <em>Literature</em> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p>I fell asleep too many times during Othello in GCSEs to be bothered to try and get an A Level out of it...</p><p></p><p>Interesting points though, the whole 'Posh English' accent (also known as Estuary English) is either not popular or seen as a 'voice of authority. With what O'Roth said about Newsreaders, I;ve noticed that more regional accents are creeping into the National News. For example there's a guy with a Welsh accent (Huw something) on the National BBC News.</p><p>I read soemwhere that a lot of people from Bristol and Birghmingum really don't like their accents, but people from 'oop North are very very proud of there's.</p><p>I dont; really have a strong Welsh accent, though it does come through strong now amd them, especially when I'm drunk <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> I can actually speak Welsh fluently though.</p><p>Oh and those of you who watch Gavin and Stacey, people from Barry don't have those accents. Those are Valleys/West Walian accents. And 'What's Occurin' is West Walian too. A real Barry accent is not far off a Cardiff one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thingimubob, post: 290114"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sir. Speedy @ Nov 27 2009, 02:48 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=423608']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> I was clever enough to pick English [i]Language[/i] not [i]Literature[/i] ;) I fell asleep too many times during Othello in GCSEs to be bothered to try and get an A Level out of it... Interesting points though, the whole 'Posh English' accent (also known as Estuary English) is either not popular or seen as a 'voice of authority. With what O'Roth said about Newsreaders, I;ve noticed that more regional accents are creeping into the National News. For example there's a guy with a Welsh accent (Huw something) on the National BBC News. I read soemwhere that a lot of people from Bristol and Birghmingum really don't like their accents, but people from 'oop North are very very proud of there's. I dont; really have a strong Welsh accent, though it does come through strong now amd them, especially when I'm drunk :P I can actually speak Welsh fluently though. Oh and those of you who watch Gavin and Stacey, people from Barry don't have those accents. Those are Valleys/West Walian accents. And 'What's Occurin' is West Walian too. A real Barry accent is not far off a Cardiff one. [/QUOTE]
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