Famously in "huntin', shootin', and fishin'." But I'm not sure it's the upper classes emulating the lower. It seems to be parallel evolution from different form

Famously in "huntin', shootin', and fishin'." But I'm not sure it's the upper classes emulating the lower. It seems to be parallel evolution from different forms of Old English [0]. Which makes sense; it's unlikely an upper-class English person of the 1920s would be motivated to copy lower-class speech patterns. Bertie Wooster wouldn't want to sound like his scullery maid. [0]: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YMS3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT26&lpg=PT26&dq=What+are+the+different+British+accents+huntin%27&source=bl&ots=HqNOJbVJBM&sig=ACfU3U3kCv3MXGtofH1QYLJtmf98z6rZSQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiKnYGi6__vAhU6_7sIHSHGCYoQ6AEwHnoECCMQAw#v=onepage&q=What%20are%20the%20different%20British%20accents%20huntin'&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YMS3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT26&lpg...