almost British

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "stephab67" <stephab67 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn@> wrote:
> 
> > When you think about it the main four or five characters (Dan,
> > Emma, Rupert, Tom, and possible Mathew) all speak very proper
> > english. Seamus/Devon Murry, because of his strong Irish
> > accent, seems a little more down scale, but I think despite
> > speaking allegedly English, the Irish have a modern language 
> > all their own. 
> 
> Steph:
> 
> Matt Lewis is from West Yorkshire, he has a very strong northern
> accent.  

Geoff:
Leeds, to be even more positional.

Steph:
> Rupert's accent is very middle class (suburb north of
> London), with Dan's and Tom's being a bit posher (both are London
> natives, btw) and Emma's the poshest out of all of them.

Geoff:
Rupert was born in Stevenage, which, as you say is to the north of 
London - bit further than a suburb. To me, though, having lived in 
south-west London for 45 years, he sounds more of an ordinary "Sarf 
Lunnoner" than middle-class.

Dan isn't really, really  posh. He's well-spoken South London; I often
get accused of this although I spent the first nine years of my life in 
Lancashire. Interestingly, Dan and I were near neighbours from 
1989-1994, when I moved out to Somerset. He still lives in Fulham 
and I lived in Wandsworth; these are on opposite banks of the 
Thames about 3 miles apart.