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
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
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
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
A ye aalreet pet!. Di ye think ah cud hev a ward wi ya boss!?
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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
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
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