rann_georgia
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when badly done? We're hearing more and more reporters speaking in R.P. A few clearly have had elocution lessons and with some, the way they were butchering the accent was more like electrocution lessons for the listeners.
While I can understand a British person speaking this way, it seems a bit odd to hear an American reporter on the radio speaking in this manner when they let a word slip in that betrays them.
It seems to me that someone, especially, American comes off as being rather pretentious when trying to speak in this accent when they clearly can't pull it off. Am I correct?
There is the standard American accent that was taught for actors and I assume they're still teaching a variation of it. But, my point is, if they can't do it well, don't do it at all.
While I can understand a British person speaking this way, it seems a bit odd to hear an American reporter on the radio speaking in this manner when they let a word slip in that betrays them.
It seems to me that someone, especially, American comes off as being rather pretentious when trying to speak in this accent when they clearly can't pull it off. Am I correct?
There is the standard American accent that was taught for actors and I assume they're still teaching a variation of it. But, my point is, if they can't do it well, don't do it at all.