Help. I need some RP coaching. I am starting to speak Strine

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I need to speak like Celia Johnson as a counterbalance. I 'm starting to say "Awwwwww Yiiiiieeeeeeahhh?" with an upward final inflection.

Please help me

You need to have plums in your mouth at all times.

Do NOT voice this near your dh. He will get the Wrong Idea.

TITTER!!!!!!!!!!!

I also need to voice characters in the DSs books as they have asked me to stop making Mrs Boot sound like Phil Mitchell and my Welsh which has hitherto served me well through many fairy stories is beginning to sound Hackneyed and unauthentic.

like 'what would Grace Kelly do?' on the Style thread, you need a 'how would Celia Johnson sound?' reminder bracelet or similar.

or wear gloves and a hat in a 1950s fashion at all times.

Get some Joyce Grenfell recordings.

oh yes, JG! She may be a bit too middle aged though, as I wish to sound younger than I am, natch.Strictly non-strident.
Although Honour Blackman is has a rather appealing ring to her I must admit.

is there a What would grace kelly do thread? Link please

I actually looked up Edith Head on the interweb yesterday after watching a Doris Day movie. Bring back classic tailoring and costumes for each hour of the day.

How about a copy of My Fair Lady?

Repeat after me

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain....

NEVER go out again
stay in and listen to the World service

or R4 online

Oh I like R4 online, but not Martin Jarvis and he is obligatory for 7 hours out of every 24 broadcast, so it would seem.

Noight Noight

ha ha ha - the upward inflection ha ha ha

PMSL oh God, yes, this is my problem too. I am a terrible mimic and unconsciously pick up accents and being surrounded by this all day every day... I think you can probably barely detect I am English. My own voice sounds foreign to me. I shudder to think how DS will sound when he starts to talk...

gosh I think I become MORE RP the longer I stay here

you do need to study Joyce and also this selection of frightfully useful phrases