My boss is extremely posh

andygb

My sister thinks that she is posh, and we just cringe at the way she speaks to people in restaurants or shops. She has put a message on her answerphone saying -
"This is the ******* residence, we are unable to take your call at the moment, but if you would like to leave a message, then we will try to get back to you when it is convenient"
The "residence" is a run down semi in a dodgy area of town.
I don't mind people who have been to public school and have a natural accent, but it really bugs me when people put on airs and graces, thinking that it will set them apart from the "Hoi polloi"

embob74

Welshwoofs wrote: »

So there you go, it appears that in some walks of business having a 'posh accent' is a drawback.

I found a lot of people in the North were very wary of me because I didn't have a northern accent.
People used to call me posh (I didn't think that was derogatory :rotfl:) and I always had to explain I just spoke differently, it didn't make me posh!!

Gloomendoom

embob74 wrote: »

I found a lot of people in the North were very wary of me because I didn't have a northern accent.
People used to call me posh (I didn't think that was derogatory :rotfl:) and I always had to explain I just spoke differently, it didn't make me posh!!

I grew up in Lancashire village and don't have an accent to speak of. As a young boy, I can remember a couple of occasions where I got into fights simply because I didn't speak with the local accent.

Edwardia

I have a Southern English accent which isn't posh RP Old Etonian but not Estuary English either. At husband's work do some years ago the MD's PA who def wasn't posh told me my English was excellent to which I replied it should be, I'm English. In Canada my accent was confused with South African and Australian. I had a boss in London who was Kiwi and when I spoke to her husband he thought I was an Aussie. <confused as I've never been there and don't watch Neighbours>

I love Yorkshire accents and West Country ones. I lurve Oscar Pistorius' accent ) OK I lurve Oscar) and actually I like the sound of Arabic too.

Accents are great they show diversity.

As for posh it's the minor public school bods who tend to be awful because no one has ever heard of their school and they have an inferiority complex.

Wife

rameshkalal wrote: »

Pressed by an astonished presenter to confirm he backed his boss even though he didn't know ... My view is what the prime minister's view is.

er .. :huh:

Gloomendoom

Edwardia wrote: »

I have a Southern English accent which isn't posh RP Old Etonian but not Estuary English either. At husband's work do some years ago the MD's PA who def wasn't posh told me my English was excellent to which I replied it should be, I'm English. In Canada my accent was confused with South African and Australian. I had a boss in London who was Kiwi and when I spoke to her husband he thought I was an Aussie. <confused as I've never been there and don't watch Neighbours>

I had a similar experience in Australia where I was asked a couple of times where I came from. They were surprised when I said the UK as, apparently, I don't have a recognisable "British" accent.

As for posh it's the minor public school bods who tend to be awful because no one has ever heard of their school and they have an inferiority complex.

Ha ha! I went to a very minor public school. If anybody had an accent, they were mercilessly teased until it disappeared. Luckily for me, I didn't have one to start with.

delain

Wife wrote: »

er .. :huh:

That's what I thought too. What an odd post!

jhp

Jolly Well Spoken Translator is here http://www.whoohoo.co.uk/posh-translator.asp

suered

rameshkalal wrote: »

Pressed by an astonished presenter to confirm he backed his boss even though he didn't know ... My view is what the prime minister's view is.

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WolfSong2000

I have what could be termed a "posh" accent (inevitable after spending 5 years at a private all girls school, though I left the minute I had a choice in the matter in favour of the local state 6th form) but it has "toned-down" a lot over the years...every now and again, however, I randomly say something that will sound extremely posh (no idea why or how!) and that has, in the past, led to my best friend (who's American) literally falling off her chair laughing at me.