Re: RP - what a Rehearsal in Pretension !

From: Richard Green (edfromo_at_ox.compsoc.net)
Date: 09/06/04 

Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 01:26:06 +0000 (UTC)

In sci.lang Mike Henley <mnhenley@msn.com> wrote:

> 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.

Tony Blair's pronunciation of the vowel in, say, "fit" always seems odd
to me. It's more like the way I would expect a New Zealander or South
African to pronounce it.

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