"Posh" American accent?

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Anonymous wrote:Yep, like the Kennedys and FDR spoke. It's a WASPy northeastern boarding school accent.

Yes. This is the only right answer, and it's really almost non-applicable anymore.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yep, like the Kennedys and FDR spoke. It's a WASPy northeastern boarding school accent.

You do know that the Kennedys are not WASPs? And have Boston accents (described as "hooligan" by another pp.)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep, like the Kennedys and FDR spoke. It's a WASPy northeastern boarding school accent.

Yes. This is the only right answer, and it's really almost non-applicable anymore.

The Kennedy family are not WASPs.

They are Roman Catholics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yep, like the Kennedys and FDR spoke. It's a WASPy northeastern boarding school accent.

Kennedys are not WASPs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep, like the Kennedys and FDR spoke. It's a WASPy northeastern boarding school accent.

Kennedys are not WASPs

Yes, but they spoke like WASPs and they lived in that world.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know if the Kennedys were WASPS?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if the Kennedys were WASPS?

Nope! They were not.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if the Kennedys were WASPS?

They are not WASPs by definition. WASP meNs White Anglo Saxon Protestant.

The Kennedy family is upstart Irish Catholics.

They are not even a little bit WASP-y. They are rich Catholics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if the Kennedys were WASPS?

They were catholic.

So. No. Not wasps.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep, like the Kennedys and FDR spoke. It's a WASPy northeastern boarding school accent.

Kennedys are not WASPs

Yes, but they spoke like WASPs and they lived in that world.

This. You guys are missing the point. We're talking about the accent. And no, they didn't sound like Dorchester Bostonians.

[Anonymous]

The Kennedys did not sound posh at all. Have you listened to JFK speak? Nothing posh about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Kennedys did not sound posh at all. Have you listened to JFK speak? Nothing posh about it.

How do you define "posh," then? This is a relative term. Have you listened to FDR speak?

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Anonymous wrote:There's a podcast on this. i think it's from stuff you should know or stuff you missed in history class. In short the answer is no. There may have been at one time...the way people talked in movies in the 30-40s but it's essentially died out.

I notice this in classic movies.

The actors talk so much more classy + elegant than they do in today's movies.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a podcast on this. i think it's from stuff you should know or stuff you missed in history class. In short the answer is no. There may have been at one time...the way people talked in movies in the 30-40s but it's essentially died out.

I notice this in classic movies.

The actors talk so much more classy + elegant than they do in today's movies.

There is a specific name for this But I am too lazy to look it up. It was essentially lost by the early 70s but it was originated in the Northeast. FDR. JFK and a predominance of radio broadcasters, among others used it. "Been" is "bean" not "bin" etc.