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It sounds like one of those historical truisms that's bunkum to me.

Especially as the S is pronounced s not th, which would be the case in a lisper.


I guess it might be a differentiation thing, it may well have been a sign of courtly manners and dripped down from the court in Madrid, a bit like the ott haich in bygone days in London, an attempt to up your status through diction (we're back to Mrs Mangle arent we), so though the story maybe tosh, there may be an ounce of truth in the conthept.

Ted Max Wrote:

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> Quids sounds like a 21st century Trevor Howard.

> Gorgeous.

>

> The rest of you affect a sort of Sloane-ish drawl,

> which I find very offputting. I wish you wouldn't

> do it but you do......


...said in a Rick Stein whine, "Oh I wish we could just be a little more like the French, I wish we, I wish, I just wish, ohhh (sigh)"



Well I know it's a sound that doesn't exist in Irish language. And even tho most Irish people speak predominantly English, early school (at least back in the 70s and 80s) was dominated by 2 hour long irish lessons in many schools. So it MIGHT be that, or at least related anyway. It's enough of a meme from older generations to be passed on

StraferJack Wrote:

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> >

> Well I know it's a sound that doesn't exist in

> Irish language. And even tho most Irish people

> speak predominantly English, early school (at

> least back in the 70s and 80s) was dominated by 2

> hour long irish lessons in many schools. So it

> MIGHT be that, or at least related anyway. It's

> enough of a meme from older generations to be

> passed on


*MOIGHT

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