Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip

2008-04-12 Thread Jean Waddie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 4/4/2008 8:30:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Someone recently told me that it was a sign of refinement/education to be be > to spell a word in different ways. Anyone ever hear of this? > > > > **

Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip

2008-04-05 Thread AlbertCat
To try to relate my "improve your vocab" post to costumes: I love Handel, particularly the oratorio "L'allegro, Il Penseroso, et il Moderato" which is [mostly] Milton set to music. Now I don't sit around the pool reading Milton [might be nice though] but because Handel set his English vers

Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip

2008-04-05 Thread AlbertCat
In a message dated 4/4/2008 8:30:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Someone recently told me that it was a sign of refinement/education to be be to spell a word in different ways. Anyone ever hear of this? Not "your", "you're" and "yore".

Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip

2008-04-05 Thread Susan Carroll-Clark
Ruth Anne Baumgartner wrote: > And then there are the Americans who assume EVERY British accent is a > HIGH-CLASS British accent. Someone said to me about an acquaintance > who does indeed speak with a Cockney accent, "I love to hear his > accent! It's so refined!" That's hilarious. Guess

Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip

2008-04-04 Thread Sharon Collier
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip In a message dated 4/4/2008 3:09:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We also read some passages ourselves reprinted from the oldest surviving source aloud after being told to start by

Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip

2008-04-04 Thread AlbertCat
In a message dated 4/4/2008 3:09:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We also read some passages ourselves reprinted from the oldest surviving source aloud after being told to start by pronouncing the words as they were spelled. * Lord! I had a boo

Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip

2008-04-04 Thread Abel, Cynthia
ion within languages through the present mass-media homogenization. Cindy Abel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Exstock Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 1:36 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making h

Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip

2008-04-04 Thread Exstock
- Original Message - From: "Ruth Anne Baumgartner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ... And a friend who works at the stage supply > company says she can always recognize one particular community- > theater box office tape on the phone because the speaker "has a phony > British accent, which people s

Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip

2008-04-04 Thread Ron Carnegie
Doyle Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 9:51 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip We have a lady in our local group who is British, complete with accent. There have been those who didn't know she was British complain about the "chee

Re: [h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip

2008-04-04 Thread Alexandria Doyle
We have a lady in our local group who is British, complete with accent. There have been those who didn't know she was British complain about the "cheesy" accent, thinking she was faking it. Even when pointed out she's not faking, they still insisted it sounded cheesy. alex On Fri, Apr 4, 2008

[h-cost] OT Re: Regional accents, was Making history hip

2008-04-04 Thread Ruth Anne Baumgartner
And then there are the Americans who assume EVERY British accent is a HIGH-CLASS British accent. Someone said to me about an acquaintance who does indeed speak with a Cockney accent, "I love to hear his accent! It's so refined!" And a friend who works at the stage supply company says she ca