Survey: Do you know anyone who puts on an accent to sound posh?!


Question: Survey: Do you know anyone who puts on an accent to sound posh!?
I know someone and her voice sounds so false and not real!. Would love to hear your answers & Thank you for answering the Question!!!!!Www@Enter-QA@Com


Answers:
I think it's perfectly acceptable to change articulation and pronuniciation of words to sound well-educated, but feigning an accent!? That's a little over the top!.

Do it too much and you'll sound like this (watch from 2:14)

http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=3UgpfSp2t!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

yes!!

I once met this guy at a party in Chicago and he had this british accent but sounded so weird!. He kept calling me "love" and "darling" after he asked me a question or something!. Finally I asked where he's from cause I couldnt quite point out the accent and he's like "well!.!.!. actually!.!. I'm from here, I put out this accent to be a more!.!.!. lets say, interesting person, so to speak!. How about you, love, where are you from!?"
i'm like!.!. kay!.!.!.
thats!.!.!. weird!.
later on he kept hitting on me and saying he's moving to hawaii and wanted me to come visit him!.
yea!.!.!.i'll get right on that!.
he was strange!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

sometimes i talk more deliberatley to sound smarter!.
especially at job interviews!.
i otherwise only know a dumb!.a!.!.!.s!.!.!.s girl who just projects her voice louder and flails her arms around while boasting about this and that of politics of her country and ladidah!.
god i hate her!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Like a few others I have to when speaking on the phone!. I am a Geordie and my accent is hard to understand!.
A ye aalreet pet!. Di ye think ah cud hev a ward wi ya boss!?
Translates to!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
Are you well madam, could I talk to your supervisor!?Www@Enter-QA@Com

yes i do it at drive thru's, and then when i get to the window i just speak with my normal accent, it confuses the sh*t out of them!!

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I have to put on a posh voice answering the phone in work, an 'Alright la' wouldn't do!Www@Enter-QA@Com

MadonnaWww@Enter-QA@Com

I've met a few!. Even a girl w/ a fake southern!. It's always cheesy everyone can see right through it!. They make themselves look like fools!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Madonna!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Yes - as soon as my brother picks up that fone he is a completely different person!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Lulu
Mick JaggerWww@Enter-QA@Com

Haha---yes!. It sounds so weird coming from them!Www@Enter-QA@Com

I moved up to NH 2 years ago and some people like to fake boston accents to sound coolWww@Enter-QA@Com

yaaaahWww@Enter-QA@Com

NopeWww@Enter-QA@Com

No!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

LET ME THINK!.!.!.!. NOWww@Enter-QA@Com

yes!. but he doesn't sound posh!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

I know quite a few people who do that & funnily enough my children say I put on a telephone voice!Www@Enter-QA@Com

me when im having a talk with my catWww@Enter-QA@Com

yes! one girl pretends shes english!.!. its real annoyingWww@Enter-QA@Com

ya when im on the phone my voice is soo false lol and ya i had a few teachers there voices sounded fakeWww@Enter-QA@Com

Yes I do!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

I know so many people like that!. Prats!.

xx VPWww@Enter-QA@Com

seems like B!. Spears and Madonna do thatWww@Enter-QA@Com

my dad when he's on the phone, or meets someone for the first time!.Www@Enter-QA@Com



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