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What is William F. Buckley and John Houseman's (sp.) accent called?
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Chris Tsao
2006-01-06 05:54:44 UTC
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Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and
John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called. My father used to call it a
Yale accent. I think he might've called it a Harvard accent too. I
vaguely remember it being called either a Massachusets (sp) accent. I
know it can be called a regal accent. Whenever they had Eastern
bluebloods in old movies from the 1930s - '40s, they spoke in this
voice. Dan Ackroyd used the voice in Trading Places. I never hear any
real blueboods talk like this, other than the two in the header. Who
knows if John Houseman was even a blueblood? William F. Buckley came
from money, but not a boatload. I doubt he was considerered "high
society." Thanks again.
Chris Tsao
2006-01-06 06:01:29 UTC
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Post by Chris Tsao
I
vaguely remember it being called either a Massachusets (sp) accent.
I was too lazy to exerert the concentration it takes to try to remember
how to spell Conneticut (sp.)
Chris Tsao
2006-01-06 06:04:26 UTC
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Post by Chris Tsao
I
vaguely remember it being called either a Massachusets (sp) accent.
I was too lazy to exerert the concentration it takes to try to remember
how to spell Conneticut (sp.)
Rhode Island? Like the Vanderbilts (sp).
g***@ankerstein.org
2006-01-06 14:03:07 UTC
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Post by Chris Tsao
Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and
John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called.
Pseudo-intelectual affectation.

GFH
Lava
2006-01-07 07:20:58 UTC
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Post by g***@ankerstein.org
Post by Chris Tsao
Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and
John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called.
Pseudo-intelectual affectation.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lava
FACE
2006-01-08 15:53:24 UTC
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Post by g***@ankerstein.org
Post by Chris Tsao
Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and
John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called.
Pseudo-intelectual affectation.
GFH
LOL! I call it high-bred New England. For many, it is indistinguishable form
an English accent.

(You know, those Hahvud guys.)

FACE
Alan Jones
2006-01-08 20:12:44 UTC
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Post by g***@ankerstein.org
Post by Chris Tsao
Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and
John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called.
Pseudo-intelectual affectation.
GFH
LOL! I call it high-bred New England. For many, it is indistinguishable form
an English accent.
(You know, those Hahvud guys.)
It doesn't fool your actual Brit - it just sounds slightly less American.

Alan Jones
Don Phillipson
2006-01-06 14:31:05 UTC
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Post by Chris Tsao
Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and
John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called. My father used to call it a
Yale accent. I think he might've called it a Harvard accent too.
They are different. Buckley's might be called a Boston accent,
or upper-class Boston. Houseman's first languages were French
and German and his English accent is typical of the fluent
English spoken by well-educated continental Europeans in the
early 20th century. You might call it the Karpathy accent (cf.
Shaw's Pygmalion and My Fair Lady.)
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
John Dean
2006-01-07 15:52:14 UTC
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Post by Don Phillipson
Post by Chris Tsao
Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and
John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called. My father used to call it a
Yale accent. I think he might've called it a Harvard accent too.
They are different. Buckley's might be called a Boston accent,
or upper-class Boston. Houseman's first languages were French
and German ...
... even though his mother was English?
--
John Dean
Oxford
Chris Tsao
2006-01-13 00:48:44 UTC
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Don Phillipson wrote:

Buckley's might be called a Boston accent,
Post by Don Phillipson
or upper-class Boston.
Thank you. I used upper-class Boston in the letter.
ray o'hara
2006-01-14 00:35:55 UTC
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Post by Don Phillipson
Buckley's might be called a Boston accent,
Post by Don Phillipson
or upper-class Boston.
Thank you. I used upper-class Boston in the letter.
W.F. Buckley is from New York City. He does not have a Boston accent,
upperclass or otherwise. Trust me on this I'm from Boston and I know my
share of Yankee blue bloods

ray o'hara
2006-01-07 00:41:38 UTC
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Post by Chris Tsao
Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and
John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called. My father used to call it a
Yale accent. I think he might've called it a Harvard accent too. I
vaguely remember it being called either a Massachusets (sp) accent. I
know it can be called a regal accent. Whenever they had Eastern
bluebloods in old movies from the 1930s - '40s, they spoke in this
voice. Dan Ackroyd used the voice in Trading Places. I never hear any
real blueboods talk like this, other than the two in the header. Who
knows if John Houseman was even a blueblood? William F. Buckley came
from money, but not a boatload. I doubt he was considerered "high
society." Thanks again.
Cosmopoliton. the author George Plimton is a fine example of it today.
Robert Lieblich
2006-01-07 02:13:51 UTC
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Post by ray o'hara
Post by Chris Tsao
Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and
John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called. My father used to call it a
Yale accent. I think he might've called it a Harvard accent too. I
vaguely remember it being called either a Massachusets (sp) accent. I
know it can be called a regal accent. Whenever they had Eastern
bluebloods in old movies from the 1930s - '40s, they spoke in this
voice. Dan Ackroyd used the voice in Trading Places. I never hear any
real blueboods talk like this, other than the two in the header. Who
knows if John Houseman was even a blueblood? William F. Buckley came
from money, but not a boatload. I doubt he was considerered "high
society." Thanks again.
Cosmopoliton.
OY!
Post by ray o'hara
the author George Plimton is a fine example of it today.
Or would be if he were still alive.
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1447605>.

Or perhaps George Plimton is not George Plimpton.
--
The Liebs
Annoyingly pedantic
ray o'hara
2006-01-07 03:04:56 UTC
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Post by Chris Tsao
Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and
John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called. My father used to call it a
Yale accent. I think he might've called it a Harvard accent too. I
vaguely remember it being called either a Massachusets (sp) accent. I
know it can be called a regal accent. Whenever they had Eastern
bluebloods in old movies from the 1930s - '40s, they spoke in this
voice. Dan Ackroyd used the voice in Trading Places. I never hear any
real blueboods talk like this, other than the two in the header. Who
knows if John Houseman was even a blueblood? William F. Buckley came
from money, but not a boatload. I doubt he was considerered "high
society." Thanks again.
Cosmopoliton.
OY!
Post by ray o'hara
the author George Plimton is a fine example of it today.
Or would be if he were still alive.
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1447605>.
Or perhaps George Plimton is not George Plimpton.
--
Did he die? missed that.
Post by Robert Lieblich
The Liebs
Annoyingly pedantic
You confuse pedantic with anal.
John Varela
2006-01-07 02:37:47 UTC
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Post by Chris Tsao
Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and
John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called.
In alt.usage.english (note NOT alt.english.usage) on Jan 29 2002 at
6:52 pm, Richard Fontana said, in response to a similar question about
W. F. Buckley:

"Wartime New Pseudo-aristocratic Eccentric (WNPAE)"

You can't get more definitive than that.
--
John Varela
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