"Posh" American accent?
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Anonymous
| Do American English speakers have a "posh" accent of sorts? If so what does it sound like? John Kerry? |
Anonymous
| Katherine Hepburn, darling |
Anonymous
| Unlike the British, we aren't as rigidly defined by our accents. |
Anonymous
| 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. |
Anonymous
| No. Although certain accents are not-posh (country accents, southern maybe), there is no posh accent. |
Anonymous
| A British accent |
Anonymous
| No. Americans don't use the word "posh" anyway. In every region of the country there are wealthy people, and they usually have the regional accents of where they live (unless they're transplants)... Southern accents, New England accents, New York, California, Midwest etc. |
Anonymous
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It's certainly not Southern. Or New Yawkese. Or hooligan Baahhston.
Maybe there isn't one? |
Anonymous
John Kerry sounds like an arrogant ass. And not just because he's John Kerry! He'd somehow manage to sound like a conceited prick even if he was panhandling for change. |
Anonymous
| My DD has one but she thinks it's a remnant of a speech impediment. She gets asked constantly where she is from. Her accent is so beautiful. Most people guess someplace in Europe. Lol |
Anonymous
Most Americans are fooled I guess? I can totally tell a non-posh british accent. |
Anonymous
Yeah, a Cockney or Liverpudlian accent sounds SOOO posh. 
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Anonymous
| It sounds like the rich old guy Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's Island. Talk with your back teeth clenched. |
Anonymous
| Yep, like the Kennedys and FDR spoke. It's a WASPy northeastern boarding school accent. |
Anonymous
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