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#205970 - 06/05/12 02:47 AM Plummy
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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"?
#205976 - 06/05/12 04:02 AM Re: Plummy [Re: Jackie]
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this too shall pass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_pronunciation
plummy 1resembling a plum: cosy reds and plummy blues
2British informal (of a person’s voice) having an accent thought typical of the English upper classes: a plummy voice rich with haughty disdain
3British informal choice; highly desirable: there are some plummy roles for the taking here
[Compact Oxford Dict.]
#205979 - 06/05/12 04:54 AM Re: Plummy [Re: tsuwm]
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Auckland, New Zealand Recieved Pronounciation
Standard british English, Think BBC1
#205980 - 06/05/12 10:34 AM Re: Plummy [Re: Jackie]
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If not Jackie's question, at least mine, is not what it means but why call it Received?
#205981 - 06/05/12 10:39 AM Re: Plummy [Re: Jackie]
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Posts: 13,803 Not to mention what is it about plums? They're kinda shaped like pears and when something goes all pear shaped it's not a good thing.
#205983 - 06/05/12 12:48 PM Re: Plummy [Re: Faldage]
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this too shall pass ? plums are pretty much round, at least here in flyover land. if they've gone pear-shaped, they're probly not too good for eating.
#205984 - 06/05/12 12:49 PM Re: Plummy [Re: Jackie]
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Posts: 13,803 But if your tones go all pear-shaped that's a good thing, right?
#205985 - 06/05/12 01:13 PM Re: Plummy [Re: Faldage]
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this too shall pass evidently going pear-shaped is different to having pear-shaped tones. the word detective ties the former phrase to the Royal Air Force, where learning to fly apparently includes doing acrobatic loops. Difficult for even an experienced pilot, these loops as performed by a novice are more than likely to appear lopsided and "pear-shaped." One can imagine observers on the ground saying, "Good. Good. Oh rats, he's gone all pear-shaped."
it's somewhat of a contranymic phrase, what?
#205986 - 06/05/12 03:27 PM Re: Plummy [Re: Faldage]
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Netherlands, the Hague If not Jackie's question, at least mine, is not what it means but why call it Received?
In polite and plummy English Received here means: Accepted by General agreement and/or in spite of General Disagreement.
#206031 - 06/09/12 02:02 AM Re: Plummy [Re: Jackie]
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Louisville, Kentucky Ah. Merci.Faldage got my meaning perzactly. And, who is General Disagreement? He sounds rather a shady character.
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