Re: RP - what a Rehearsal in Pretension !

From: david56 (bass.c.voice_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 09/05/04 

Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 22:30:34 +0100

Mike Henley typed thus:

> Speaking of English English, or British English, take someone famous
> for example; Tony Blair, (or Jack Straw) I have no issue whatsoever
> with his accent or intonation and in fact I like it; it's a
> no-nonsense accent. In fact, I have aboslutely no problem with the
> accent of the queen, and I do like it too. An example of the "proper"
> accent I don't like at all is the Monty Python accent, and no, I know
> it's a comical show, but I assure you their accents are real or there
> are real people who talk exactly like that, and it's quite bad that
> such accent should/could be considered "proper"

Monty Python is a reclusive character who has never been recorded, as
far as I can tell. I suspect that you must be referring to his more
visible collaborators. Could you expand on which characters or
sketches you are referring to? The speech patterns of the
Pepperpots, D P Gumby, the lumberjack, the Spam waitress and The
Bishop are hardly similar. 

-- 
David
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