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Topic Options #205970 - 06/04/12 10:47 PM Plummy Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11580 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky From an article: ...speaking in their own local accents instead of the plummy English known among academics as Received Pronunciation. Why "Received Pronunciation", and, especially, why "plummy"? Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Entire topic Subject Posted by Posted Plummy Jackie 06/04/12 10:47 PM Re: Plummy tsuwm 06/05/12 12:02 AM Re: Plummy olly 06/05/12 12:54 AM Re: Plummy Faldage 06/05/12 06:34 AM Re: Plummy BranShea 06/05/12 11:27 AM Re: Plummy Faldage 06/05/12 06:39 AM Re: Plummy tsuwm 06/05/12 08:48 AM Re: Plummy Faldage 06/05/12 08:49 AM Re: Plummy tsuwm 06/05/12 09:13 AM Re: Plummy Jackie 06/08/12 10:02 PM Re: Plummy Rhubarb Commando 06/30/12 11:04 AM Re: Plummy Jackie 07/05/12 10:34 AM Re: Plummy Rhubarb Commando 07/05/12 11:43 AM Re: Plummy bexter 07/10/12 09:59 AM Re: Plummy LukeJavan8 07/10/12 11:37 AM Re: Plummy Rhubarb Commando 07/10/12 12:00 PM Re: Plummy LukeJavan8 07/10/12 12:26 PM Re: Plummy Rhubarb Commando 07/10/12 05:13 PM Re: Plummy LukeJavan8 07/10/12 08:45 PM Re: Plummy maverick 12/31/12 01:24 PM Re: Plummy LukeJavan8 12/31/12 01:59 PM Re: Plummy Rhubarb Commando 12/31/12 04:56 PM Re: Plummy Jackie 12/31/12 07:33 PM Re: Plummy LukeJavan8 12/31/12 08:01 PM Re: Plummy Jackie 12/31/12 08:42 PM Re: Plummy maverick 01/01/13 10:01 AM Re: Plummy LukeJavan8 01/01/13 01:23 PM Re: Plummy Rhubarb Commando 01/01/13 11:59 AM Re: Plummy maverick 01/01/13 01:33 PM Re: Plummy Rhubarb Commando 01/01/13 09:48 PM Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Flat Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8430 Members 16 Forums 13688 Topics 209810 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members supermatthias, prabakaran, sce, Eva, sylviasuper 8430 Registered Users Who's Online 2 registered (Jackie, Rhubarb Commando), 44 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 85 jenny jenny 61 wofahulicodoc 57 endymion6 50 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 32 Faldage 15 Buffalo Shrdlu 14 zmjezhd 13 teepee 11 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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