How do posh people talk? This lesson is all about posh people in England! How do they talk? What kind of jobs do they have? What kind of lives do they live? I will explain what it means to speak and act like a posh English person in terms of social class and family background. I will also give you some examples of British actors, such as Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley who, in most of their films, play the parts of posh people. You will also learn about Nancy Mitford’s “U” and “Non-U” language. She was an English journalist and novelist who wrote about posh people in the 1950s. Though society is always changing, awareness of class and the language associated with class is still very important in England, so if you’re studying English or just interested in English culture, watch this video.
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17 COMMENTS
it’s draw-ing NOT draw – ring;
it’s AS I said
NOT
like I said.
praestans
Thanks, it has been lovely lesson!
Erkinbek 63
Thanks for the lesson, and the good pronunciation that I learned from you.
abdelkader10
Thank you. Always fascinating to learn the different variations of languages in the society. And can be handy if you want to try to climb your way towards the ‘U’… :-)
Stephane R
Hello jade dentures reffers in french to the real teeths, and dentier to the false teeths.
I am a native french speaker so it help a lot when i learn english.
Thanks for these good lessons.
loginl
Is good to mention that dentures is in the plural, normally the word is used without the (s) in french.
Unless we are talking about several dentures
loginl
The idea behind the instructions was not very clear to me.
Brighteyes
thanks a million
atorabi
It’s not easy to distinguish between U and non-U words. I think I’d better watch this lesson again to understand more. Thanks for the superb lesson and I learned an interesting history of English today.
Insoo Yeo
Thank you so much,Jade
Seyed Ali
That is a good idea having several names for the same thing, the problem is when you mixed them with natives. You can see funny faces at the time you speak and saying to you, oh you speak quite good English which is not true. That’s my experience.
Pedrop Guijarrog
Thanks a lot for your explanations, teacher Jade, now we know a little better the meaning of posh.
angardiobel
Thank you so much, now I know what the word ‘posh’
means.
Cathy Ding
the lesson is quite difficult, i must rewatch many times just to understand, thank you very much
nguyen van long
Good lesson!
Marsius
Thx but I want someone to speak with him to learn accent
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17 COMMENTS
it’s draw-ing NOT draw – ring;
it’s AS I said
NOT
like I said.
Thanks, it has been lovely lesson!
Thanks for the lesson, and the good pronunciation that I learned from you.
Thank you. Always fascinating to learn the different variations of languages in the society. And can be handy if you want to try to climb your way towards the ‘U’… :-)
Hello jade dentures reffers in french to the real teeths, and dentier to the false teeths.
I am a native french speaker so it help a lot when i learn english.
Thanks for these good lessons.
Is good to mention that dentures is in the plural, normally the word is used without the (s) in french.
Unless we are talking about several dentures
The idea behind the instructions was not very clear to me.
thanks a million
It’s not easy to distinguish between U and non-U words. I think I’d better watch this lesson again to understand more. Thanks for the superb lesson and I learned an interesting history of English today.
Thank you so much,Jade
That is a good idea having several names for the same thing, the problem is when you mixed them with natives. You can see funny faces at the time you speak and saying to you, oh you speak quite good English which is not true. That’s my experience.
Thanks a lot for your explanations, teacher Jade, now we know a little better the meaning of posh.
Thank you so much, now I know what the word ‘posh’
means.
the lesson is quite difficult, i must rewatch many times just to understand, thank you very much
Good lesson!
Thx but I want someone to speak with him to learn accent
Thank you Ms. Jade.