Love Island 16

[MrsFassy]

Here we go again

Seriously?

Welsh accent

Why is he perceived as posh though? His accent sounds fairly standard middle England to me. My daughter and her friends have very Surrey hills received prononciation accents and they arguably sound "posh" but Alex isn't in that category. I'm Scottish and have a Scottish accent, and I wouldn't perceive Alex as "posh".

He doesn't speak with a broad welsh accent, sure, but that doesn't make him posh.

And if you don't fancy that bloke with no teeth playing the fruit machine you must be a lesbian

Exactly which one of the girls are you comparing to some drunken guy with no teeth playing the puggy down weatherspoons on a Saturday night please? All of them or just Alexandra?

It doesn't take much imagination to work out that he's posh if you're from a sink school in the north of England, and he's got the least regional accent in there.

I think the Wetherspoons point was that you can't walk into an establishment and guarantee that you'll click with anyone, that you'll find your type, that people telling you you should fancy someone doesn't mean you do.

Ok, I can see how children in a deprived environment may see him as posh, but I think you must be aware that the adults posting on here will likely not all be from deprived areas, as such their views will not all be he is posh and displaying inverted snobbery as you're insinuating.

What I'm trying to say is your students and their environments are not an accurate representation of the people on mumsnet, I'm surprised you think they are and are accusing us of inverted snobbery because of the children you teach.

Welsh accent

You can’t hear it? Ok.

It’s not strong as Rosie’s if that’s what’s confusing you.

Well I don't know the background of everyone on mn so I put it out there as a suggestion.

"It’s not strong as Rosie’s if that’s what’s confusing you."

Because it's not there. I live in Wales. It's not there. If it ever was, he's hidden it now.

It doesn't take much imagination to work out that he's posh if you're from a sink school in the north of England, and he's got the least regional accent in there

So they’re confusing posh and middle class.

Are they your arbiters on all matters of social class? Because I strongly suggest they may not have the experience to be taken as experts.

I think you can assume rainy that the posters on mumsnet come froma diverse set of backgrounds and are not all from deprived backgrounds and struggle with inverted snobbery if faced with someone without s strong regional accent and who has a profession.
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"Only South Wales has a Welsh accent. North Wales just sounds like central England or Midlands."

Not true.

He's from Carmarthenshire. He hasn't got the accent.

"So they’re confusing posh and middle class."

Probably. As do many. I think you're protesting too much tbh.

I live in Wales. It's not there.

You mean you can’t hear it. Perhaps you’re surrounded by people with stronger accents, or perhaps you’re tone deaf.

We have a house in Wales so I’m used to a variety of strengths of Welsh accent.

Rainy, are you sure it's not you impressed with class and profession, who thinks he's posh, you really do focus on it like he's one big impressive guy because he is a Doctor and doesn't speak with a regional accent. Like it's something really special and impressive.

Tatiana
No, it's not there. If you can detect the mildest of traces, which I doubt, then it still wouldn't be described as a welsh accent.

Bluntness
Keep going, it's amusing.

Give it up Rainy, this is absurd.

Our house is in Carmarthen, there are plenty of people around who speak like him. It may have lost its edges living in England.

Oh you have a house in the same county as him? Haha you'll be telling me you live on the same street as him next just to prove your point.

Rainy I'm not trying to be funny, I think we can all explore our own prejudices. You're the only one who keeps going on about this mans profession and accent.

Could it be you are so impressed by it, you can't see past it, to the extent you are doing what you are doing, defending anything he does wrong simply because you are so impressed by the fact he is a doctor and doesn't have a strong regional accent?

No, in 16 threads I mentioned his accent once, in terms of inverted snobbery and look what it unleashed, kind of proving my point for me.

Similarly, I mentioned his profession, I think twice. Once as part of the post about inverted snobbery, once when talking about how he was one of a few islanders who had a proper profession to go back to.

I was married to a doctor, I have a dc training at the moment, they don't carry any special status for me, except that I might be able to identify a little.