Anonymous
09/02/2017 18:37
Subject: "Posh" American accent?
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.
Anonymous
09/02/2017 16:54
Subject: "Posh" American accent?
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.
Anonymous
09/02/2017 16:43
Subject: "Posh" American accent?
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?
Anonymous
09/02/2017 16:42
Subject: "Posh" American accent?
The Kennedys did not sound posh at all. Have you listened to JFK speak? Nothing posh about it.
Anonymous
09/02/2017 16:40
Subject: "Posh" American accent?
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
09/02/2017 16:37
Subject: Re:"Posh" American accent?
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if the Kennedys were WASPS?
They were catholic.
So. No. Not wasps.
Anonymous
09/02/2017 16:36
Subject: Re:"Posh" American accent?
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
09/02/2017 16:36
Subject: Re:"Posh" American accent?
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if the Kennedys were WASPS?
Nope! They were not.
Anonymous
09/02/2017 16:33
Subject: Re:"Posh" American accent?
Does anyone know if the Kennedys were WASPS?
Anonymous
09/02/2017 16:32
Subject: "Posh" American accent?
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
09/02/2017 16:24
Subject: "Posh" American accent?
Anonymous wrote:Yep, like the Kennedys and FDR spoke. It's a WASPy northeastern boarding school accent.
Kennedys are not WASPs
Anonymous
09/02/2017 16:23
Subject: "Posh" American accent?
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
09/02/2017 16:19
Subject: "Posh" American accent?
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.)
Anonymous
09/02/2017 16:04
Subject: "Posh" American accent?
Thurston Howell III
Anonymous
09/02/2017 16:01
Subject: "Posh" American accent?
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.