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    #31
    Originally posted by snaw View Post


    Did I miss something or is the spelling smiley spelled wrong on purpose?
    Yes and Yes

    It was voted for in memory of Fleety probably just over a year ago I guess. Think RH did the design IIRC.

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      #32
      Ahh. Knew it was for fleety, didn't know the rest.
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        #33
        Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
        No you are being ignorant. RP is based on a regional accent - it just happens to be a Southern one.
        Not true, RP is an adapted Queens english, it didn't exist as a way of speaking before that. People in the south spoke in the local regional accents which were certainly not RP.


        Originally posted by up4it View Post
        Bagpuss: You speak the Queens English not talk it!
        It's called the Queen's English because she insisted the court spoke that way, it was a way of talking without colloquialisms and dialects
        Last edited by Bagpuss; 8 May 2008, 13:03.
        The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

        But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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          #34
          What about Nerdic?

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            #35
            Various bits out on the web about RP.

            Wikepedia, this and this, just for starters.
            Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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              #36
              Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
              Not true, RP is an adapted Queens english, it didn't exist as a way of speaking before that. People in the south spoke in the local regional accents which were certainly not RP.
              Do you have a source for this argument? I have for mine.

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                #37
                Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                (4) People with accents (e.g. Northerners) are probably thick.
                Everyone has an accent

                HTH

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
                  Do you have a source for this argument? I have for mine.
                  The adoption of RP post ER I or it being a regular accent before?

                  Mine was remembered from Simon Schama's History of Britain, I could search Wikipedia but I don't trust it especially with it's Enya is an alien entries and Ronnie hasslehurst writing S CLub 7 hits.

                  Most people who speak RP, do so because of schooling (and that can be anywhere in the UK) or a desire to be something they are not e.g. Stockport born Joan Bakewell and Judith Charmers (whos gran was a cleaner).
                  The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

                  But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
                    Everyone has an accent
                    I don't, and nor does anyone else who speaks standard English. I don't say bath for example, I say baaarth. Generally in line with the pronounciation given in dictionaries, I imagine.

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                      I don't, and nor does anyone else who speaks standard English. I don't say bath for example, I say baaarth. Generally in line with the pronounciation given in dictionaries, I imagine.
                      Yes you do - your accent is what you choose to call "standard", but it is still an accent.

                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/...e_rhodes.shtml

                      "Standard English is nothing more or less than a particular dialect from the South East Midlands".

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