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[quote=Anonymous][quote]It is also sometimes called a trans-Atlantic accent. I don't think it was made up--it's just how posh old money upper class people used to speak through elocution lessons and so on. There is a similar accent for a lot of hollywood actors of the time (Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Carey Grant), and a lot of old school politicians (Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt). [b]It's the East Coast prep school kind of accent. I don't think it was an affectation, just a reflection of her time and social class. [/b] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_English [/quote] I don't know if it's an affectation but it does sound similar to the accents of other women of that time - look at some old movies. I don't know why people think it's sounds British/French. I don't hear any of it. To me (i'm from the midwest), it sounds very East Coasty.[/quote]
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