Assuming an accent in an attempt to impress?

[Mom]

I am not sure why this happens...

Why is it that some people, mostly women in my experience, feel the need to adopt a very breathy, (read BREEEEEEEEAAAAAAATHY) what they think passes as a very upper crust British accent?

So often the "Ohhh MAAAAAAAAAAHHHAAAAAA" Soaps (stressed out Auckland pricks) attempt to show us country bumpkins how much more superior they are, using their extremely OTT accents.

I worked with a woman called Jan. She was the receptionist for the company. How many times I heard her answer the phone, welcome to "insert name of company" Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhn speaking, no Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhn, no Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhn, yes Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhn. It was painful. Pathetic stuff.

Well I have met a Wwwwwwwhhhhhhheeeeeeeendy, though to be fair she had to be prompted to give me her name. She works for a company that is very well known, and is the voice of the complaints department...

I hope she is VERY well paid, for she turns complaints into idiots calling up about nothing, and tells company lies to boot!

Enough of my ramblings.

Why do people need to adopt that long drawn out, breathy, unnatural, contrived "posh" British accent. I use the word "posh' carefully, for I think what they are using is not "posh" at all

[AllanB]

One finds most Honda riders have a 'proper' accent, as is only right with a owner of such esteemed machinery.


As for women folk. 46 years and I don't understand them.

Some nice curves though ...........

[specter]

i have been known to bust out an irish accent whilst attempting to pick up females.

[FJRider]

One finds most Honda riders have a 'proper' accent, as is only right with a owner of such esteemed machinery.

The "accent" is only because they're talking with their mouth full ...

[ducatilover]

i have been known to bust out an irish accent whilst attempting to pick up females.

I went to a cafe in Palmy every day for a year whilst at UCOL in '08 and the delicious babe behind the counter thought I was Irish Sadly I broke her heart after that and spoke like the normal grandiloquent twat that I am.

[unstuck]

Sometimes, usually when im around the folks.Strange seeing how we left there 36 yrs ago.

[specter]

I went to a cafe in Palmy every day for a year whilst at UCOL in '08 and the delicious babe behind the counter thought I was Irish Sadly I broke her heart after that and spoke like the normal grandiloquent twat that I am.

typical honduh rider not rolling with it....

[bogan]

does swearing less count?

[ducatilover]

typical honduh rider not rolling with it....

I thought she'd like the real me....
I cried so much that day.

[Gremlin]

I'll put on any accent to make someone look twice or get scared

[specter]

I thought she'd like the real me....
I cried so much that day.

so you wore your repsol jacket eh?

[Big Dave]

I feign an Australian accent to make me appear more cultured.


And shit.

[jaffaonajappa]

Hahaha.

Provincialism is live and well. Good to see.
Auckland - we have Islanders, Maori, Asians, Europeans, and the white kiwi types - all living in the area called Auckland. We range from Mechanics to truck drivers to Lawyers and Academics. A splattering of unemployed too.

But yeah - If I was the big boss of some large company - Id carefully set-up the "type" of customer experience within a complaints departement - guess it depends on what type of business it is. A medical business - itd be first rate. A retail business targeting 18 year old rich consumers - itd have the poncy wank voice that seems to impress those types.

What type of outfit were you dealing with....perhaps without explicitly Naming it.

[specter]

I feign an Australian accent to make me appear more cultured.


And shit.

uhhh..... what?

[FJRider]

I feign an Australian accent to make me appear more cultured.


And shit.

Appearances can be deceiving ... but in your case ...