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MadPotatoExpert Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

What's the word to describe someone's fake/unnatural way of speaking?

I remeber seeing a rather technical word that described a way of speaking which was too formal or unatural or contrived... or a fake accent. but I can't remeber it for the life me.

any help appreciated

thanks i advance
  

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Hard to say. Can you write a sentence or two that might have that word, leaving a blank where that word would occur? CJ

— CalifJim

  • Hard to say.
  • Can you write a sentence or two that might have that word, leaving a blank where that word would occur?
  • CJ
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Hard to say. Can you write a sentence or two that might have that word, leaving a blank where that word would occur?

CJ
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Hi,

Maybe pretentious?

Clive
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Hi,

These may be suitable: ostentatious, haughty, showy, flamboyant, pretentious.

Regards
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It's hardly technical, but "put on" is what I think of when someone's speech is affected.
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Stilted is a word for it.
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