16-03-2019, 10:25 PM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
I have to give a very short speech at the Goldsmiths Spring Dance next month, I’m practicing how to talk proper and lose me accent if only for the few minutes I’ll be talking, personally I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole but the wife wants to go and take her favourite sister along with us, unfortunately they can’t attend without me being there too.
They’re a posh lot attending, waltz’s, tango’s and foxtrots will be the order of the nights dancing, no band, too common, a 12 piece orchestra will play, formal dress and all that bullshit.
Three particular words are featured in the speech and I want to get the correct posh pronunciation for each word.
They are, Water, Butter, and Garage, I was going to put in the word ‘Putty’ as well, as an example of how some bad stone setters set stones, the old goldsmiths used to say that “The stones would be safer set in Putty as with some of todays setters”. but that might not go down too well with this lot.
Here are a few examples of how these words are sometimes spoken and some of the accents used, actually what I’m aiming for is a 1950’s BBC radio announcers accent for the couple of minutes I’ll be on stage, but I’d settle for a Michael Aspel sound.
Which way would you say the following words to a crowd of posh oldies.
Water
He fell into the woe ter
He fell into the wart or.
He fell into the wah sir.
Butter
She bought a pound of butt ter..
She bought a pound of but der.
She bought a pound of bush her.
Garage
The family car is in the garr arge.
The family car is in the gar radge
The family car is in the gar idge.
Please note. Only genuine replies from genuine time wasters will be considered, tink yo.
Who remembers that lovely man Kenneth Kendal back in the 50’s.