Probably some deep psychological reason behind this.
Wanting to fit in on the part of the young ones vs. a desire to be
distinctive on the part of others.
arthur
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From: Harry Pollard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 4:42 PM
To: 'Keith Hudson'
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Futurework] RE: MiscellaneousSorry Keith,Didn't mean to give a wrong impression.I remember eons ago, a friend talking of his elderly Scot's mother saying as she aged her Scottish speech became thicker and thicker - almost beyond understanding.That's probably happening to me.On radio, the accent was very useful as you might imagine.The kids lost their accents about 90 seconds after arriving in Canada.Harry********************************************
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First of all, apologies again that my last posting "Status goods and positional goods" escaped my PC before it could be corrected. Tidied up version on my website for anybody who might be interested.
From: Keith Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 10:21 PM
To: Harry Pollard
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Miscellaneous
Also, I must correct an impression that Harry is giving of me to Ray:
At 17:21 24/11/2003 -0800, you wrote:
Ray,
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Keith's first comment when I spoke to him in England was about my less than middle-class speech. But, then we weren't middle-class. I attended the local elementary school and then with a couple of scholarships moved up into secondary.
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When you rang me, I was surprised that you'd kept your English accent after living so long in foreign parts. I wasn't making a social-class remark. I was expecting some sort of American-Canadian accent (I can't tell them apart). Yes, you still have a working-class-type (almost Cockney) accent, Harry, but then, I have a working class accent, too. Having lived in Coventry, so near to Birmingham, most of my life I have a "Brummie" accent which people remark on -- probably one of the least -- low me -- desirable accents to have in England's green and egalitarian land. Though, blow me down, the chappie who's the link man in the Working Lunch (business) programme on BBC has the thickest Brummie accent imaginable (I suppose anybody who is not English can't imagine it. Even I recoil sometimes. But Adrian Childes is smart. Oh he's smart. He sees right through some of the financial "experts" that appear on his programme -- and sometimes they're too dim to realise it!)
Keith
Keith Hudson, Bath, England, <www.evolutionary-economics.org>
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