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[Milton Roe]

the snooty Episcopalian Ministerish cant

Have you ever been to England? We don't have Episcopalians here, and if you mean Church of England they don't usually sound snooty.

Vicars: the one's I have come across usually manage to sound either snooty or overtly gay or both regardless of orientation. Less so the other protestant variations.

Yes, I think that Americans have to be careful using their own language ticks in dealing with people from the UK. It's a whole different, um, ballgame...

Yes. "Another spot of tea, Vicar?" translates into American-business-ese as "Moving right along..." and into colloquial nonformal as "So, how about those Knicks?" That's why computers can't do it (yet).

Snootiness is of course subjective, but I can tell Manchester from Kent and so can you. And I can tell public school from not and probably so can you. FT2 is well-educated and Southern. Wanna bet?

the snooty Episcopalian Ministerish cant

Have you ever been to England? We don't have Episcopalians here, and if you mean Church of England they don't usually sound snooty.

I have been to England, but not since 1977 (where I got my first body-patdown as a routine tourist, on account of the "troubles" -- shocking). And yes, I meant Church of England. We call it something different here, and I'm used to that. Yes, I know they're not the same.

This post has been edited by Milton Roe: Fri 22nd August 2008, 10:18pm

[Vicky]

I can tell Manchester from Kent and so can you. And I can tell public school from not and probably so can you.

I was born in Bradford and went to the local schools. But I needed to sound posh and Southern so now I do, and I'm scarcely unique. And yes, I can tell Manchester Moss Side from the posh bits of Manchester, and Gravesend (Kent) from rural Kent.