Would you consider having elocution lessons? Would you consider making your children have them if it's already too late for you?

Your satire of old conservative bourgeois peoples mindsets is perfect.

No, because I'm not ashamed of my regional accent.

Are you married to AndysAttic?

Absolutely not. It is part of my culture and who I am. If someone has ever passed me up for a job because of the way I talk, so be it. I didn't want to work there anyway. My qualifications speak for themselves.

No, it’s not for me, I am what I am.

I won’t change my voice to fit in with others ☺️

You serious or trying to be sarcastic?

Pompous pretense is very off-putting.

There's no wrong way to speak, it's just different slang and dialect everywhere you go. You really know nothing about people or what they're doing with their lives.

I speak in front of groups all the time, without having taken elocution lessons. And I have found my career in academia to be quite fulfilling.

No. But I sometimes think that I should get some cards made up that offer elocution lessons to other people!

Edit: not really elocution but diction. Any accent or dialect can work so long as people speak speak clearly. Anyone in a position where they might need to communicate something important to someone from a different place should at least express themselves clearly. People such as policeman, bus drivers, ticket clerks and collectors, etc.

with the amount of media there is that can demonstrate different ways to present yourself linguistically, i think most people choose to talk the way that they do purposely and dont give a flying fuck about having an "edifying career" lol, but honestly, i think it would be a nice thing to learn personally regardless of what they did with it

Your posts always make me chuckle, thanks 😊

I love regional accents. They make life more interesting. All that matters is whether you have anything worth saying and how clearly and persuasively you can express yourself. Plenty of 'well spoken' people fail on both measures 😐

No.
That's idiotic.
People aren't like furniture that you stain and polish.

No. My southern accent fits me. I do think it is important for people to use correct grammar

I’d consider electrocution lessons. Always wanted to leave my enemies a little charged up

Nah, and people with regional accents are very often quite "well spoken".

I dun Don't Need No All-oh-cushion lesions! I talk Anglitch very good!

elocution, calligraphy, coquetry. The three pillars of success

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