General Chat

Deanna - you saying you sound like a toddler on the phone? After all you're only twentysomething aren't you! becx :-)

I dont have a posh voice, but I am always told that I sound very much younger on the phone. The the real thing when we meet, must be quite a SHOCK> Deanna

Er, hexcuse me Mr Hayes, Hi take hexception to this. Hi ham hae polite, well brought-hup lady who talks honn the phone hin the same way has Hi would talk to heniwun hin person. Hi hope Hi have made myself cleaaar. Glenys But you can call me Madam. :-)

CB, OK flower. happy days

Dave, You're very welcome - had me worried for a moment there! LoL CB >|< X

Harry, I may be known to my family as 'The Soup Dragon' and been called 'a right little madam' as a child, but no, I can't claim ever to have profited from licentious behaviour... and I'll thank you not to cast nasturtiums on my character!!! CB :>))) X

Thanks CB for correcting me lol! Davex

Thanks for your interest. I was going to start a new thread tomorrow, but something CB said has brought me forward. By the way, CB, hope you are definitely not a madam - don,t they run broth ....(forget the word, but I think it,s something to do with soup) happy days.

I've been told that I speak quite poshly many times (someone even once joked that I taught the Queen how to speak!!) I hope I sound clear and articulate and if I do it's due to my mother who constantly reminded/nagged me to pronounce my T's, G's and S's. Not bad for someone who's had an american accent and lived in Essex for almost 15 years! becx

Dave, love, I hope you mean 'dyed in the wool' - or are you speaking to us through a medium? ;>))) CB >|< X

My Mum and my sister talk Posh on the phone when they are dead common really! Me Im just an ordinary dyed in the wool Mancunian say it how it is! Dave

Cheers, Nee'a, pet! My Dad died 44 years ago - my memory's not that good! CB >|< X

I (I have been told) sound different when I answer the 'phone at work (from what? one may wonder!!): 'Good morning. Winton Salvation Army. How may I help you?' :-) Joy PS I used to work for a Geordie and had difficulty when taking dictation from him ... :-)

Neeta, If I promise not to talk like Margo, will you teach me Geordie in Newcastle, please? LoL CB >|< P S Just to make matters worse, I DID actually live in Surbiton for a while!

One of my previous bosses had an unremarkable southern accent , except when he rang his mum and it changed instantly to broad Geordie. Always amused me.

One word - 'Riiiiiiichaaaaaaaard'

Thinking about Carol's comment above, it's strange how you conjure up a picture of people you speak to on the phone. I've often been surprised when I've met them later. Lots of people tell me I sound very young - Mommylonglegs recently told me I sounded about 20! OMG - I wish! CB >|<

Geoff I love to hear different accents, but I think the phone tends to emphasise them, possibly making some not so easily understood by some people.

My mother was instructed not to talk 'broad Cumbrian' in her job back in about 1940 (she was a secretary). She lost most of her accent.

someone once told me that the female voice goes up half an octave when answering the phone....... my husband says I'm posh anyway but then compared to him..........(LOL)