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		denton-scratch on May 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are so many young Americans adopting fake Brit... > 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".

jjgreen on May 15, 2023 [–]

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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