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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Linguistics Studies

prestige forms

Are the vernacular forms of English seen as a prestige forms by some speakers? If so, which forms and by whom?
  

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This sounds like a school task to me. What do you think anon?

— Nona the brit

  • This sounds like a school task to me.
  • What do you think anon?
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This sounds like a school task to me. What do you think anon?
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>This sounds like a school task to me. What do you think anon?<

Left school a long time, ago. It's a non-native speaker interested task.
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Anyone who wants to identify with/admires local spirit more than they admire top-down education. Trade union leaders should speak with a regional accent, for example. People who admire regional accents tend to admire "grit" or "toughness" so urban accents will do better than rural ones for impressing teenagers or for being sexually attractive (for a male).
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