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Sun 94 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Turning the end of one's nose...
Can you pleae explain to me what the underlined parts mean?( its about pronounication can affect people's physiognomy.
Likewise, standard British Rp is often paradied and its whine of superiority mocked to the point of turning the end of one's nose up as much as possible. Not only does this enhance the performance but also begs the question of whether this look is the origina of the expression stuck up?
Likewise, standard British Rp is often paradied and its whine of superiority mocked to the point of turning the end of one's nose up as much as possible. Not only does this enhance the performance but also begs the question of whether this look is the origina of the expression stuck up?
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Sorry, it's not an answer to your question, but I just remembered it... In the film "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" the main character, a British journalist who came to work in NYC, phones someone in New York and impersonates a British aristocrat. In order to sound "more British" (although he is British originally), he actually turns up his nose, giving his face a rather piggy expression.
- Sorry, it's not an answer to your question, but I just remembered it...
- In the film "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" the main character, a British journalist who came to work in NYC, phones someone in New York and impersonates a British aristocrat.
- In order to sound "more British" (although he is British originally), he actually turns up his nose, giving his face a rather piggy expression.
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Sorry, it's not an answer to your question, but I just remembered it... In the film "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" the main character, a British journalist who came to work in NYC, phones someone in New York and impersonates a British aristocrat. In order to sound "more British" (although he is British originally), he actually turns up his nose, giving his face a rather piggy expression
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Turning the end of one's nose up as much as possible ~ Looking down on other people
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The author believes that when people parody British RP, they strike a pose similar to that shown in the picture above so as to make the pronunciatio
The author believes that when people parody British RP, they strike a pose similar to that shown in the picture above so as to make the pronunciatio
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