middle-class accent

Examples (20)

• His voice was calm and he spoke with a neutral middle-class accent.
• Her precise pronunciation revealed a distinct middle-class accent.
• She tried to lose her regional dialect and adopt a more middle-class accent.
• He had grown up in the city, but retained a slight middle-class accent.
• The politician's carefully cultivated middle-class accent was designed to appeal to a wide range of voters.
• The politician deliberately cultivated a more accessible middle-class accent.
• In many British films of that period, the heroes all had a generic middle-class accent.
• Listeners often associate a middle-class accent with education and professionalism.
• He was often teased at school for his noticeably middle-class accent.
• Despite his humble beginnings, he developed a refined middle-class accent.
• Her clear, precise middle-class accent is perfect for her job as a newsreader.
• The dialect coach worked to soften her strong regional tone into a middle-class accent.
• Some people believe that having a middle-class accent can provide advantages in certain professions.
• You can often distinguish a middle-class accent by its clear, unhurried cadence.
• It's hard to tell where he's from originally, as he has a very standard middle-class accent.
• The play subtly explored class divisions through characters' clothing and middle-class accents.
• The character in the play affects a posh, middle-class accent to hide his humble origins.
• She tried to hide her regional background by adopting a more generic middle-class accent.
• Linguists study how the perception of a middle-class accent has changed over the decades.
• His neutral middle-class accent made it difficult to pinpoint his exact origin.