Since valuing etiquette and manners is elitist scumfuckery, I'm adopting a Cambridge accent as well.

[Rabrrrrrr]

Might as well go whole hog if I'm gonna be labeled a superficial elitist. And I'll take up polo, and use only loose leaf for afternoon tea.

:eyes:

[redqueen]

1. What what what?

Valuing poncey clothing is elitist scumfuckery.

Good manners are just good sense.

[XemaSab]

2. Right, right

:thumbsup:

[azmouse]

3. About time.

Don't know what you were waiting for... an engraved invitation, maybe? hmmmph...

[Parche]

4. FOX HUNTING

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

You can go FOX hunting and hunt down Oreilly, Hannity, Van Sustern.......

:woohoo: :hi:

[InternalDialogue]

5. Does the Cambridge accent go with the Oxford commas?

I would think one might cancel the other out.

[Kutjara]

6. What's a "Cambridge accent?"

You mean East Anglian? That's not really posh, being fairly similar to a London accent. Perhaps you mean one associated with Cambridge University? That would be more properly called an Oxbridge accent, since it's typical of those who attended either Oxford or Cambridge Universities, but is not representative of the accents found in the countryside surrounding Oxford or Cambridge. Perhaps you really mean "received pronounciation," which is what the "Upper Class" English accent is generally called.

There, was that elitist enough for you? :evilgrin:

[DS1]

9. It's where they really invented the Douche, before the French stole it of course

but it explains the sound of piss and vinegar in the Cambridge accent

[Aristus]

23. Actor Tim Curry's natural accent is pretty close to the Cambridge.

"Dine-tine" for "downtown" and stuff like that. Even for Brits, it's a pretty posh accent.

[DS1]

7. Whatever, burlap pants

:eyes:

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Nice post, e.e. n/t

[leeroysphitz]

10. You may also want to consider growing a handlebar mustache that needs a lot of waxing.

Just a thought.

[sniffa]

11. I have a wicked pissah Cambridge accent

[datasuspect]

12. in light of your revelation, i fear i shan't fail to affect a proper oxonian dialect

[Debi]

13. Ohhhhh, now I'm starting to like you alot!!

:P

[Redstone]

14. Well, call ME an elitist, but I've long wanted to learn to play cricket. Except for

the fact that the matches last so excruciatingly long, it looks like it would be fun to play.

Redstone

[Chan790]

19. It's long because they take tea and drinking breaks.

That's my kind of sport.

[NewJeffCT]

15. pardon me, do you have any grey poupon?

:evilgrin:

[baldguy]

16. Massachusetts?

[elshiva]

17. Please wear glasses, tweed, and become a librarian.

Please? :) :hug:

[Chan790]

18. hahahaha!

It's good to feel desired. :blush:

I'm 2/3 the way there...and functionally, if not actually, a librarian. (I free-lance as a text-researcher occasionally...one good benefit of being a crack-Googler with photographic-recall, a broad knowledge, poly-glot and being well-read. Basically a research librarian without the credentials.)

Alas, my accent is as "New Haven" as one can get.

[elshiva]

20. Goodness, that does sound sexy.

:hug:

The women will be lining up...

[datasuspect]

21. i will let Rabrrrrrrrrrrrr

borrow my ascot and monocle if he deems it necessary.

[ForrestGump]

22. Jolly good show, wot?

Fancy a cucumber sandwich?

Lardy cakes?

Black pudding?

Unfortunate dental work?






For your emulation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_47Xl4A98OU

Actually, I was looking for the Gatsby bit, but I couldn't find it on youtube...this might work even more effectively (eccentricity's big in Cambridge).

[crimsonblue]

24. i'm glad i have no accent

i can pretty much tailor my accent to whatever location i'm in -- be it southern redneckish, northern ehs, northeast cah pahk, or even english cockney. yeah, i'm cool.

[XemaSab]

25. Dude, can you do Californian?

:shrug:

[crimsonblue]

26. only when I stoned...

I had a carribean exchange student living with us in HS, so I've also got down a bit of the rasta or whatever the heck its called. Hey, it be Jamaiccan, mon!