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What is William F. Buckley and John Houseman's (sp.) accent called?

Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called. My father used to call it a Yale accent. I think he might've called it a Harvard accent too. I vaguely remember it being called either a Massachusets (sp) accent. I know it can be called a regal accent. Whenever they had Eastern bluebloods in old movies from the 1930s - '40s, they spoke in this voice. Dan Ackroyd used the voice in Trading Places. I never hear any real blueboods talk like this, other than the two in the header. Who knows if John Houseman was even a blueblood? William F. Buckley came from money, but not a boatload. I doubt he was considerered "high society." Thanks again.
  

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[nq:1]I vaguely remember it being called either a Massachusets (sp) accent.[/nq]
I was too lazy to exerert the concentration it takes to try to remember how to spell Conneticut (sp.)
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[nq:2]I vaguely remember it being called either a Massachusets (sp) accent.[/nq]
[nq:1]I was too lazy to exerert the concentration it takes to try to remember how to spell Conneticut (sp.)[/nq]
Rhode Island? Like the Vanderbilts (sp).
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[nq:1]Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called.[/nq]
Pseudo-intelectual affectation.
GFH
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[nq:1]Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called. My father used to call it a Yale accent. I think he might've called it a Harvard accent too.[/nq]
They are different. Buckley's might be called a Boston accent, or upper-class Boston. Houseman's first languages were French and German and his English accent is typical of the fluen
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[nq:1]Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called. ... blueblood? William F. Buckley came from money, but not a boatload. I doubt he was considerered "high society." Thanks again.[/nq]
Cosmopoliton. the author George Plimton is a fine example of it today.
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[nq:2]Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what ... boatload. I doubt he was considerered "high society." Thanks again.[/nq]
[nq:1]Cosmopoliton.[/nq]
OY!
[nq:1]the author George Plimton is a fine example of it today.[/nq]
Or would be if he were still alive.
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Or perhaps George Plimton is not George Plimpton.

The Liebs
Annoyingly pedantic
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[nq:1]Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called.[/nq]
In alt.usage.english (note NOT alt.english.usage) on Jan 29 2002 at 6:52 pm, Richard Fontana said, in response to a similar question about W. F. Buckley:
"Wartime New Pseudo-aristocratic Eccentric (WNPAE)"

You can't get more definitive than that.

John V
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Did he die? missed that.
[nq:1]The Liebs Annoyingly pedantic[/nq]
You confuse pedantic with ****.
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[nq:2]Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what William F. Buckley and John Houseman's (sp.) accent is called.[/nq]
[nq:1]Pseudo-intelectual affectation.[/nq]
LOL!!
Lava
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[nq:2]Hi, I'm writing a letter and need to know what ... I think he might've called it a Harvard accent too.[/nq]
[nq:1]They are different. Buckley's might be called a Boston accent, or upper-class Boston. Houseman's first languages were French and German ...[/nq]
... even though his mother was English?

John Dean
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