Do you British guys consider say a posh London accent gay?

[CarlosTheGaucho]

I just wonder

Not sure if this is the right example (meaning the announcer I love MSP):



For example I'd consider the Prague accent to be extremely gay, nothing against gays they have all the fun in the world, but if a Prague dude tries to give you a line in his posh accent and semi hysterical intonation it's rather tragicomic.

I always wondered if his girlfriend bangs him with a strap on for breakfast in their fancy new overpriced flat.

What's actually funny is that the whole country outside of Prague has exactly the same opinion, I never met anyone outside of Prague, who would think talking the Prague way is ok.

I wonder if it's the same around the world, if some sort of city or accent is considered a big no no by the majority of speakers?

[beerptrol]

Wasting time thinking about which accents sound gay....is gay.

[CarlosTheGaucho]

I'm doing a sociological research

[papill0n]

let us know when you evolve beyond neanderthal

[Naechy]

yes, gay, waste time

[Sarah_Jayne]

Which one there was suppose to be posh or even London? The presenter was no where near posh and questionable on even being London since he sounded like he was putting on some fake mockney accent.

Then, the Manic Street Preachers are a band from Wales. Which, isn't even England let alone London.

[$5 submissions]

Interestingly enough, according to the novelist Tom Wolfe, some ways men talk and sit may seem effeminate but it conveys so much confidence that it is actually the epitome of manliness. I suspect that there's class stratification in regards to accents--ie., working and middle class people might think a particular accent is "effeminate" or gay but those in the upper crust consider this the zenith of refinement. Example: John Malkovich's character in "Dangerous Liaisons"

[ottopottomouse]

Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash

Which one there was suppose to be posh or even London? The presenter was no where near posh and questionable on even being London since he sounded like he was putting on some fake mockney accent.

Then, the Manic Street Preachers are a band from Wales. Which, isn't even England let alone London.

The presenter sounds just like Guy Ritchie trying to sound like a geezer.

You don't normally notice your own accent but someone showed me a clip on their phone of me waffling about something and my South London accent is really noticable.

[Sid70]

i have couple guys from around London they speak like Jason Statham and all those folks in the Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking barrels, I personally find that accent a little hard to understand but sounds good to me. What i mean those are any near BBC and classic English I studied in the school.

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally Posted by ottopottomouse

The presenter sounds just like Guy Ritchie trying to sound like a geezer.

You don't normally notice your own accent but someone showed me a clip on their phone of me waffling about something and my South London accent is really noticable.

I live in South East London...that is very much its own accent. Often, I am not even sure it is actually English..lol

[ottopottomouse]

Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash

I live in South East London...that is very much its own accent. Often, I am not even sure it is actually English..lol

It's not just the accent part of it is always the phrases too. I seem to have had a run of insulting people lately completely unintentionally sometimes even when i'm being polite

[CarlosTheGaucho]

Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash

Which one there was suppose to be posh or even London? The presenter was no where near posh and questionable on even being London since he sounded like he was putting on some fake mockney accent.

Then, the Manic Street Preachers are a band from Wales. Which, isn't even England let alone London.

Probably took a totally bad example, checking it again, the presenter actually talks a pretty good British English, sorry for insulting 95 pct. of Britain What's funny is that it actually happened many times, that I was considered "British" in US

Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Interestingly enough, according to the novelist Tom Wolfe, some ways men talk and sit may seem effeminate but it conveys so much confidence that it is actually the epitome of manliness. I suspect that there's class stratification in regards to accents--ie., working and middle class people might think a particular accent is "effeminate" or gay but those in the upper crust consider this the zenith of refinement. Example: John Malkovich's character in "Dangerous Liaisons"

I knew a dude from London - the most annoying person in the world, he had a way with words that you honestly wanted to kill him after every third line - that's closer to what I mean

Originally Posted by ottopottomouse

The presenter sounds just like Guy Ritchie trying to sound like a geezer.

You don't normally notice your own accent but someone showed me a clip on their phone of me waffling about something and my South London accent is really noticable.

Women are quite cool to listen to, used to call frequently to a certain company in London, and she was totally sexy on the phone, although yeah she was rude as hell too ))

Originally Posted by Adultmix

i have couple guys from around London they speak like Jason Statham and all those folks in the Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking barrels, I personally find that accent a little hard to understand but sounds good to me. What i mean those are any near BBC and classic English I studied in the school.

Didn't had much problem with Scots, Irish, and after a day or two you can get into pretty much any sort of British Accent, according to my experience

The only accent I found really hard to get into was Australian.

Originally Posted by ottopottomouse

It's not just the accent part of it is always the phrases too. I seem to have had a run of insulting people lately completely unintentionally sometimes even when i'm being polite

Exactly my experience!

First time I was in touch with London I was like WTF woman you have a way with words, then I realized it's probably a standard around there )

Seriously, as bad as it can sound, this is a hypothetical question - nothing directed towards Britain, I 'd never dare to bash any other country, ethnicity, age group or whatever apart from the Prague people, those are the only exception, and I only wait till a local chimes in and gives me a little bit of their trademark hysteria

[DamianJ]

Pointless thread cat says this thread is pointless.

And Gary fucking Crowley isn't posh.

[CarlosTheGaucho]

Originally Posted by DamianJ

Pointless thread cat says this thread is pointless.

And Gary fucking Crowley isn't posh.

I gotta apologize - I picked an idiotic example - btw. I'm the biggest MSP fan around here since I was 14 years old

[Sarah_Jayne]

Either way..no, I don't think 'posh' British accents are gay (though, I would never use that term in such a way anyway) but the do bring up idea of class division.

As far as British accents in general (though I now know there to not be 'a' British accent but many) - back when I could still hear them I found them ultra sexy and that would be why I married two British men. However, the problem with that is that once you are surrounded by it then you stop hearing it.

[rowan]

Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho

I gotta apologize - I picked an idiotic example - btw. I'm the biggest MSP fan around here since I was 14 years old

Bad example indeed. How about Prince Charles for posh?

[CarlosTheGaucho]

Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash

Either way..no, I don't think 'posh' British accents are gay (though, I would never use that term in such a way anyway) but the do bring up idea of class division.

I believe you totally nailed it - class division, that's the right word for the official British accent and that was the original meaning - Queen's English

I have to admit I always greatly enjoyed for example the "Prime Minister" series, simply because of the language used.

Prague probably tried to do the same at the beginning, but during the devolution it just failed into the guido / gay category, as the most of its inhabitants

The Prague accent and slang is actually very far from the official language.

I would suspect the closeted vs. proud gays ratio is about 60 / 40 in Prague now, women will soon need to start unions to receive enough cock to get by

Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash

As far as British accents in general (though I now know there to not be 'a' British accent but many) - back when I could still hear them I found them ultra sexy and that would be why I married two British men. However, the problem with that is that once you are surrounded by it then you stop hearing it.

I would suspect, as I said I was just asking a hypothetical question that I couldn't answer since I'm not native

Originally Posted by rowan

Bad example indeed. How about Prince Charles for posh?

Have to admit I never heard him talking, it was always princess Diana

[marcop]

Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash

I live in South East London...that is very much its own accent. Often, I am not even sure it is actually English..lol

To me, a posh English accent sounds more annoying than gay.

I grew up in SE London, and have what I think is a very obvious London accent, but many Americans think I'm Australian.

[rowan]

Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho

Have to admit I never heard him talking, it was always princess Diana

From 1969...

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally Posted by marcop

To me, a posh English accent sounds more annoying than gay.

I grew up in SE London, and have what I think is a very obvious London accent, but many Americans think I'm Australian.

What part of South East London? It really isn't Australian in any possible way..lol. Though, a lot of American friends think I sound British now which is not even close to being the truth. It is just that I used British words. I wish I could get more of a British accent just to blend in more but I figure after all this time it just isn't going to happen.

[Dirty Lord]

i think that:


bye

[CarlosTheGaucho]

Originally Posted by rowan

From 1969...

lol

I wonder how many times did he rehearsed that appearance

[DVTimes]

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[DVTimes]

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (man is she foxy)

[VikingMan]

that band is fucking gay, the the announcer is ok though

[punkpred]

cockney aint posh, but they have great pubs

[marcop]

Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash

What part of South East London? It really isn't Australian in any possible way..lol.

I lived in Blackheath, Greenwich, and Lee Green till about 8 years old, then we moved to a council estate in Croydon where there were a lot of cockney kids... and then I went to a public school at 11--so I'm bilingual .

[ottopottomouse]

Originally Posted by DVTimes

www.PoshWife.com

Someone must have just hit me over the head with a shovel because I quite like 2 of them

Originally Posted by marcop

I lived in Blackheath, Greenwich, and Lee Green till about 8 years old, then we moved to a council estate in Croydon where there were a lot of cockney kids... and then I went to a public school at 11--so I'm bilingual .

Bilingual

[Paul Markham]

Originally Posted by marcop

I grew up in SE London, and have what I think is a very obvious London accent, but many Americans think I'm Australian.

I grew up in East London and the Americans think I'm South African.

[O MARINA]

Originally Posted by Paul Markham

South African.

South African accents are nice !

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally Posted by marcop

I lived in Blackheath, Greenwich, and Lee Green till about 8 years old, then we moved to a council estate in Croydon where there were a lot of cockney kids... and then I went to a public school at 11--so I'm bilingual .

I live in Thamesmead Blackheath is actually posh these day.