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I love the British accents so much, I would put months of practice if I could. Their wit and dry humour parallel closely to mine in daily lives.

The other day we were mocking Brits on received pronunciation or what people call the 'royal posh talk'. Oh god, their novels are too fun when adapted into play, drama or theatre. My nephew had so much fun, it consumed the whole afternoon and evening in a jiffy.

Anybody who grew up in different mother tongue will appreciate Brits and their culture, language being just the start.



Not bad, I read your comment in an English accent. Too much positivity though. We can only give that level of enthusiastic complement as an insult.

Your "so much fun" and "too fun" makes me think of "such fun" which is a complicated phrase now I think about it. It's rarely used to express something positive about having fun... Even just the word "fun" is rarely used positively. If an English person ever reacts to something with "well isn't that fun", be worried.

Oh, and jiffies are passed rather than consumed. Don't ask me why.


The nature of sarcasm is such!

Always a way to learn!

Thanks!


> what people call the 'royal posh talk'

That's not RP. RP is the accent of the older BBC news anchors. The aristocracy speak (or spoke) a horribly strangled accent:

"Ee-aw, heelyaw, Meekyeh!" -> "Oh, hello, Mickey".


The common aristocratic phrase "There's a trite in my trizers" translates to "there's a trout in my trousers" (apologies to Steve Bell).




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