Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The terms Mid-Atlantic accent [1] [2] [3] or Transatlantic accent, [4] [5] [6] informally refer to certain accents of English that blend elements of Received Pronunciation(RP), the most prestigious accent of British English [6] [3] [1], with features from American English. [5] [7] [8] [9] Under this informal category there are two distinct ...
Philadelphia English or Delaware Valley English is a variety or dialect of American English native to Philadelphia and extending into Philadelphia's metropolitan area throughout the Delaware Valley, including southeastern Pennsylvania, all of South Jersey, counties of northern Delaware (especially New Castle and Kent), and the north Eastern Shore of Maryland.
The accent rapidly declined following the end of World War II, presumably as a result of cultural and demographic changes in the U.S. entering the postwar era. [16] This American version of a "posh" accent has disappeared even among the American upper classes, as Americans have increasingly dissociated from the speaking styles of the East Coast elite. [15]
The Mid-Atlantic split of /æ/ into two separate phonemes, similar to but not exactly the same as New York City English, is one major defining feature of the dialect region, as is a resistance to the Mary–marry–merry merger and cot-caught merger (a raising and diphthongizing of the "caught" vowel), and a maintained distinction between ...
It’s a mid-Atlantic accent that I’m doing, but it is hard to maintain. Every episode some of my Midwestern sound pops up. But with a voice like the one I’m using, you must take it on and ...
As the two began to read off the teleprompter, DeBose briefly paused before delivering her lines with a slightly Mid-Atlantic accent. When Quan suggested he read a speech to show his appreciation ...
With her Mid-Atlantic accent, [3] versatility, witty dialogues, aristocratic demeanor, and flair [4] for light comedy and emotional drama, Colbert became one of the most popular stars of the 1930s and 1940s. [5] [2] In all, Colbert acted in more than 60 movies.
For decades, the British actor with the perfectly suave, mid-Atlantic accent epitomized the kind of elegance, class, charisma and charm that only seemed to exist on the silver screen.