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All the staff you interact with have been to the same handful of British public schools (ie private fee schools) so you never have to talk to someone who is ign

All the staff you interact with have been to the same handful of British public schools (ie private fee schools) so you never have to talk to someone who is ignorant of precisely your standing in the British class system and they will all speak with comforting RP, follow the cricket, and drop an occasional Latin phrase into the conversation. Banking service is basically as shite as all the rest. [source: I ran a company that for very strange reasons ended up having to use them for business banking services]

InCityDreams 4y ago
"RP" explained for oiks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation Think William Reece-Mogg, not Dick van Dyke.
- svnpenn 4y ago
  > Think William Reece-Mogg FYI not sure about other countries, but Americans don't know who the fuck that is.
  - Xeoncross 4y ago
    "There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years!” ― Alan Jay Lerner, My Fair Lady https://youtu.be/t8zhp699FXg?t=110 https://youtu.be/t8zhp699FXg?t=110
    - zdragnar 4y ago
      And yet there are places in America whose regional accents are closer to English was at the time those places were settled than Britain is now. Even more ironic is that My Fair Lady is an American film based on a play by an Irish Brit (George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion).
      - Xeoncross 4y ago
        I think it's ironic that language which is used as the primary form of communication for one's whole life still requires training in University. Perhaps there truly is no such thing as proper English.
  - jefftk 4y ago
    Partly because his name is actually Rees-Mogg
  - pdpi 4y ago
    Name's misspelt, it's Rees-Mogg. This is his son, same speech pattern they're talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4uCHNaNbmU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4uCHNaNbmU
- deleted 4y ago
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- xen2xen1 4y ago
  Agreed. Looked him up and sti ll don't know who he ism
- jen20 4y ago
  More Jacob Rees-Mogg than William - it’s important that there be absolutely no discernible substance, skill or wit behind the voice.

InCityDreams 4y ago

"RP" explained for oiks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation Think William Reece-Mogg, not Dick van Dyke.

svnpenn 4y ago
> Think William Reece-Mogg FYI not sure about other countries, but Americans don't know who the fuck that is.
- Xeoncross 4y ago
  "There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years!” ― Alan Jay Lerner, My Fair Lady https://youtu.be/t8zhp699FXg?t=110 https://youtu.be/t8zhp699FXg?t=110
  - zdragnar 4y ago
    And yet there are places in America whose regional accents are closer to English was at the time those places were settled than Britain is now. Even more ironic is that My Fair Lady is an American film based on a play by an Irish Brit (George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion).
    - Xeoncross 4y ago
      I think it's ironic that language which is used as the primary form of communication for one's whole life still requires training in University. Perhaps there truly is no such thing as proper English.
- jefftk 4y ago
  Partly because his name is actually Rees-Mogg
- pdpi 4y ago
  Name's misspelt, it's Rees-Mogg. This is his son, same speech pattern they're talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4uCHNaNbmU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4uCHNaNbmU
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xen2xen1 4y ago
Agreed. Looked him up and sti ll don't know who he ism
jen20 4y ago
More Jacob Rees-Mogg than William - it’s important that there be absolutely no discernible substance, skill or wit behind the voice.