fraser nelson accent

To which just about everyone in Scotland replies, “You don’t say.

Clearly these people had never met anyone in my family.

They are, he added, “guilty until proven innocent”. It’s because in the intensely class sensitive society of England, Scottish accents are class neutral.

Actors who use Queen’s English are more likely to appear untrustworthy, experts have suggested, as it immediately suggests that they are from the upper classes.

Isn't he from Glasgow?

HELL hath no fury like a tenement Scot scorned. Since then, British actors have regularly, inevitably and almost predictably been cast as villains, experts said. Good voices, clear diction and impeccable timing will never fall out of favour.

— Fraser Nelson (@FraserNelson) October 2, 2016.

So I got rid of it over the years, and now on the rare occasions I hear a recording of my speech it makes me cringe.

And there’s yet another “friendly banter” stereotype, because as every British nationalist knows, the entirety of Scottish culture is invented. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Other experts who have written on the subject argue that those with upper-class English accents garner more hatred as they appear to have privileges they do not deserve. That’s a great advantage to an advertiser who seeks to promote their product in a society riven by class snobbery and an acute awareness of social class.

She previously claimed that such actors were being seen as “easy targets” and insisted that Britons are not the “snooty, stuck-up, malevolent, malignant creatures as we're so often portrayed”.

Fraser’s accent does retain post-vocalic R, unlike the accents of certain BBC presenters and former Labour prime ministers, who simply drop R in positions where English accents also drop it, but without the compensatory vowel lengthening found in English accents, resulting in peculiar pronunciations like noth for north.

Now, Chi Luu, a New York linguist who has worked with companies including Microsoft, has claimed the perfect villain has to be an actor who speaks in Received Pronunciation (RP) as those with regional accents are too friendly and sincere to be cast in such roles. Last year actor John Cleese called Spectator editor

A Gannett Company. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. It’s all the fault of Scottish people for being ungrateful. ... going on to mock Barnier’s accent.

Naturally the writer couldn’t say that in a piece in a Conservative magazine slagging off Scottish people, because when the English are racist about the Scots that’s just friendly banter and if you object to it you’re just being dour.

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