How to Speak Like a POSH BRITISH Person

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  • @EatSleepDreamEnglish
    @EatSleepDreamEnglish  Місяць тому +1

    Click on the link to get my FREE guide to British English 🇬🇧 - tinyurl.com/nh759hj4

  • @henrysnowry7854
    @henrysnowry7854 4 роки тому +1342

    Next lesson:
    How to survive getting beaten because of pretending to be posh

    • @brandylizzy8
      @brandylizzy8 4 роки тому +61

      Pretend until you get use to it
      Because in ashian country it's big money for posh speaking teachers

    • @uwuzon6606
      @uwuzon6606 4 роки тому +14

      @@brandylizzy8 which Asian

    • @charlesescano
      @charlesescano 4 роки тому +7

      @@brandylizzy8
      Yes

    • @jeffreyshi4472
      @jeffreyshi4472 3 роки тому +25

      @@uwuzon6606 China, for example ~ I’m a Chinese student in an international school.
      It's rare to see this kind of situation in our school, but it's quite common in many English language training centers which hired foreign teachers.
      The posher the teacher speaks, the more likely to become a professional teacher in that center. The language center will also advertise the teacher's Posh Speaking accent

    • @jcarpenter3328
      @jcarpenter3328 3 роки тому +21

      Go to an estate pub and start talking that way.. I’m sure you’ll make friends with everyone right away lol

  • @stevenhuffnagel
    @stevenhuffnagel 4 роки тому +1785

    Levels of British:
    1. posh
    2. normal
    3. frickin chav, bruv, innit

    • @B888-h2o
      @B888-h2o 4 роки тому +30

      Hahah so true, I’m no.2

    • @metronome7799
      @metronome7799 4 роки тому +25

      I'm somewhere between 1 and 2

    • @lucindawinehouse2002
      @lucindawinehouse2002 4 роки тому +12

      I’m number 1 level of British-English (Posh ) I’ve been speaking like that since 2012

    • @chrisucl
      @chrisucl 4 роки тому +8

      That's the same in all languages

    • @B888-h2o
      @B888-h2o 4 роки тому +13

      Lucia-Grazia Mostyn Are you sure? Only the royal family and aristocracy really speak like that now

  • @marcmarc8524
    @marcmarc8524 4 роки тому +290

    As a foreigner, I don’t understand why this accent is called ‘posh’. For me, this accent is clear. I perfectly understand the queen when she speaks.

    • @fabulouschild2005
      @fabulouschild2005 Рік тому +29

      That's why it is more accurately called "RP", which means "Received Pronunciation" 😊

    • @monojigstv8182
      @monojigstv8182 Рік тому +6

      @@jamesfoxsmith perhaps l would have said elegant sounding

    • @НектоНеизвестный-в1р
      @НектоНеизвестный-в1р 11 місяців тому +7

      Потому что это диалект привелегированных семей и именно ему обучают иностранцев и вещают по телевидению.

    • @vladbla6763
      @vladbla6763 11 місяців тому +2

      Ну вот никак не "диалект", равно как сказать "говор королевский"

    • @НектоНеизвестный-в1р
      @НектоНеизвестный-в1р 10 місяців тому +2

      @@vladbla6763 вы мне?
      Можно сказать и "говор королевский".

  • @JohnDrummondPhoto
    @JohnDrummondPhoto 4 роки тому +519

    One more tip for extremely posh RP speech: move one's lips as little as possible. I've seen Prince Charles speak a few times here on American TV. The man's virtually a ventriloquist.

    • @EatSleepDreamEnglish
      @EatSleepDreamEnglish  4 роки тому +86

      Very true! Thanks John

    • @mumstheword8851
      @mumstheword8851 4 роки тому +33

      Yes, the stiff upper lip 😄

    • @maazahmedshaikh9610
      @maazahmedshaikh9610 4 роки тому +1

      Good Afternoon,
      Tom,
      April 8 and March are gone.
      Is their any other up coming offer for Lingoda.
      Regards,
      Maaz Ahmed Shaikh

    • @rookmaster7502
      @rookmaster7502 4 роки тому +15

      Showing an open mouth is considered rude.

    • @maiaallman4635
      @maiaallman4635 4 роки тому +2

      Thanks for the laugh!

  • @e.piovani9339
    @e.piovani9339 4 роки тому +379

    the posh "shower" "power" "hour" are totally
    incomprehensible for a foreigner like me.... That would put my selfconfidence rather shattered :D

    • @saverasavera3652
      @saverasavera3652 4 роки тому +7

      E. Piovani 😂😂😂same

    • @mannastars1901
      @mannastars1901 4 роки тому +9

      Me to. Same feeling although I teach English as a foreign language

    • @omarBS93
      @omarBS93 4 роки тому +3

      Esatto.

    • @FerSpada
      @FerSpada 4 роки тому

      I am Mexican and I totally get it............................................................................. cause I´ve hearing English all my life hohohohohohoho

    • @sebastienh1100
      @sebastienh1100 4 роки тому +7

      Try to say Flower, flour, and floor in the same sentence and see what Americans or British understand ...

  • @thealmighty0071
    @thealmighty0071 4 роки тому +173

    THIS IS BRILLIANT! THANKS TOM!

  • @sergiocfreire2010
    @sergiocfreire2010 4 роки тому +406

    In an Nutshell: How to speak like in Downton Abbey

    • @MinhNguyen-ff6xf
      @MinhNguyen-ff6xf 4 роки тому +27

      Correction: how to speak like the Crawleys in Downton Abbey!

    • @sunnyma969
      @sunnyma969 4 роки тому

      @Gareth Lloyd whatttt???

    • @JoshuaHubbardmedia
      @JoshuaHubbardmedia 3 роки тому +1

      Theyre from leeds, and the nuance is completely different

    • @ericsalles3393
      @ericsalles3393 3 роки тому +2

      Oh bugger

    • @mariaelenaquarroz9520
      @mariaelenaquarroz9520 3 роки тому +4

      Watch Downton Abbey every day At last you w'll be spoken like Crawleys family The accent Countess Violet's dressmade is real Brithis She told that she growup in SaintJames distric I love this accent

  • @rafli6966
    @rafli6966 4 роки тому +464

    I really love the way you speak as a posh person 😂😂

    • @EatSleepDreamEnglish
      @EatSleepDreamEnglish  4 роки тому +66

      Hehe maybe I should try and keep it going for the rest of my life ; )

    • @rafli6966
      @rafli6966 4 роки тому +10

      @@EatSleepDreamEnglish Sure.. It'll be so marvelous

    • @mamymimma
      @mamymimma 4 роки тому +5

      And also wear as a posh person, you're so elegant😉

    • @George-Armani-20
      @George-Armani-20 4 роки тому

      😂😂

    • @benjaminben6222
      @benjaminben6222 4 роки тому

      Hey guys why can't we try and have a WhatsApp group and practice English there?

  • @altralinguamusica
    @altralinguamusica 4 роки тому +112

    Jolly good show, old bean! Bravo! Absolutely marvellous! Although, I'd find it rather ghastly should one of my students ever wish to speak to me in such a manner. It's positively atrocious at times and reminds me of "yayas" and "toffs". Haha!

    • @webrambler88
      @webrambler88 4 роки тому +6

      Aren't rap songs even more atrocious and ghastly? 😁

    • @livb6945
      @livb6945 4 роки тому +1

      @@webrambler88 for a different reason, though

    • @sebastienh1100
      @sebastienh1100 4 роки тому +1

      Beastly remark, I say!

    • @Egilhelmson
      @Egilhelmson 4 роки тому +1

      Well, keep it to yourself or his Gentleman’s Gentleman will thrash you with his cane.
      There is/was actually a published martial art covering that, which RDJ studied to play Sherlock Holmes.

  • @KingaFairy
    @KingaFairy 2 роки тому +3

    The power shower for an hour state of mind. What a superb recipe. Do share more. Thank you.

  • @thehorseridingslytherin5341
    @thehorseridingslytherin5341 4 роки тому +251

    Posh guy: Bath, laugh, calf, half yes lots of ar sounds.
    Me: ARSE

  • @nerdshala2997
    @nerdshala2997 3 роки тому +111

    I'm an Indian, and I'm obsessed with learning the posh English accent, intonation, and vocabulary. A great video! Thanks!

    • @Bdnme1
      @Bdnme1 2 роки тому +5

      Lmao why it reminded me of pooja whats this behavior lol , i guess she was obsessed with english accent too . I wonder why everyone hate indian acccent i found it quite amusing.

    • @bilalahmed2343
      @bilalahmed2343 Рік тому +8

      You will always just be an Indian

    • @karanswamygowda
      @karanswamygowda Рік тому

      @@bilalahmed2343 and your sexual urges will always be taken out on a goat

    • @dianatrainer443
      @dianatrainer443 Рік тому +13

      @@bilalahmed2343 That's a bit rude to her/him. Why just an Indian?

    • @AhmetElhann
      @AhmetElhann Рік тому +1

      @@dianatrainer443 I know right

  • @taylorbaggins0922
    @taylorbaggins0922 4 роки тому +168

    3:53 to 6:43 - That's not a quick moment from our sponsor, that's a very long moment for our sponsor 😂

    • @raymahmed3224
      @raymahmed3224 3 роки тому +4

      i was about to say or write the same comment

    • @whocares5584
      @whocares5584 3 роки тому +3

      Skipped it anyway

    • @bellebrozo1530
      @bellebrozo1530 3 роки тому

      Well thank you for saving me from the ad

    • @TheBlacktom
      @TheBlacktom 3 роки тому

      Well, that was the quickest part of the video.

    • @ttuanmu
      @ttuanmu Рік тому +1

      Feels like half of the video lol!

  • @kozzlomordus
    @kozzlomordus 3 роки тому +4

    Posh is the best, lovely, distinct articulation, pleasure for the ears!

  • @Chapa24.
    @Chapa24. 3 роки тому +34

    I’m Sri Lankan (colonized by the British in the Past) and rugby is very popular here too. And mostly a sport reserved for the most elite schools in the country. And we most often use the word rugger than rugby.

    • @whocares5584
      @whocares5584 3 роки тому +3

      Okay but Sri Lanka is the last posh place on the planet

    • @Chapa24.
      @Chapa24. 3 роки тому +4

      @@whocares5584 it’s a third world ‘developing’ country. It isn’t the poshest but an exclusive community does exist in here. And I’m certain it isn’t the ‘last posh place’ in the world.

    • @gregory2611
      @gregory2611 3 роки тому +2

      @@Chapa24. I wrote "Sri Lanka" on Google Maps to see what the country looks like using Google Streetview. I thought that it would look like any poor country, but as far as I saw, it is really beautiful!

    • @Indian_gae_boii
      @Indian_gae_boii 2 роки тому +1

      @@Chapa24. i really dont think you should take pride in your "exclusive community" i certainly don't, not while there's poor people suffering here everyday

    • @Chapa24.
      @Chapa24. 2 роки тому +4

      @@Indian_gae_boii I never said I take pride in elitism and exclusivity. I just mentioned things for how they are. I don’t understand why you’re trying to argue.

  • @神の人-f2k
    @神の人-f2k 4 роки тому +7

    In British English, we say long vowels quite often and we omit the /r/ sound frequently. We also, usually, have a deeper voice and a less croaky-like pronunciation. Apart from that, it’s really just the extra vocab and knowing when to put the glottal stop instead of the /t/ sound.

  • @dunodolien674
    @dunodolien674 4 роки тому +80

    "May I be of some assistance ?" instead of Can I help you ?". 😁
    "Much obliged" rather than "thank you" 😋

    • @MacakPodSIjemom
      @MacakPodSIjemom 4 роки тому +1

      "Much obliged"? That's something John Wayne would use, together with slight bow and touching his cowboy hat :D

  • @Shrek4ever630
    @Shrek4ever630 6 місяців тому +1

    I’m playing Zazu in the lion king at my school and i all ready have a London accent (unlocked the rest of my class) but I want to make it EVEN more posh to go the extra mile. Thanks for the vid:)

  • @piffpaff9674
    @piffpaff9674 2 роки тому +12

    I just discovered this great channel. I like it a lot, what a great performance! 🏆

  • @smkh2890
    @smkh2890 3 роки тому +2

    Try using ONE: as in. "one finds the Camenbert is rather orff", or " one would help if one could , of course, but..."

  • @BenDay-tc9dg
    @BenDay-tc9dg Рік тому +3

    What about: 'Gracious!' or 'Goodness!'

  • @JohnDoe-gb6co
    @JohnDoe-gb6co 2 роки тому +2

    poppycock is now too my favorite english words

  • @mishikele100
    @mishikele100 4 роки тому +35

    ʻI do hope youʼve enjoyed todayʼs lesson.ʼ
    ʻRATHER!ʼ

  • @krzysztofmmichaluk
    @krzysztofmmichaluk 2 роки тому +2

    Absolutely one of the best English teaching video on UA-cam.

  • @ashleymavimbela5659
    @ashleymavimbela5659 4 роки тому +16

    Please create more videos speaking like Posh British person😉....I love thee examples they do help alot and the way you speak is very Posh hey!..... Shou Out from South Africa!

  • @AGAZAH
    @AGAZAH 4 роки тому +23

    Hahaha loved you in that posh character. You’re not just a great teacher but an amazing actor as well 😆

  • @englishwithmrd
    @englishwithmrd 4 роки тому +14

    Jolly good show old bean! A splendid video indeed! I have been known to say blotto myself, maybe I'm posher than I thought.

  • @FlamingEmberSeal
    @FlamingEmberSeal 2 роки тому +1

    Splendid dear Boy. Lets not forget good Sir.

  • @mihira9303
    @mihira9303 4 роки тому +15

    Oh my goodness! this is truly amazing...I wish I could speak like this someday

  • @natalya6091
    @natalya6091 4 роки тому +2

    Good evening, dear Tom.Thank you for your great job.This video is sheer genius.Very useful.Very interesting.Enjoyed it.Greetings from Moscow, Russia.🇷🇺

  • @Lemon.icetea
    @Lemon.icetea 3 роки тому +46

    Who else is British but just wants to sound more British???
    Oh just me :/

    • @alistairt7544
      @alistairt7544 Рік тому +5

      Do British weeaboo exist? There's a whole lot of them in the comment section 🤣

  • @aricamp_
    @aricamp_ 4 роки тому +24

    This video is absolutely brilliant! Amusing and useful, thank you 🙂 The part about David Gower taking a shower was hilarious! I'm going to use "poppycock" more frequently, i really like how it sounds

    • @EatSleepDreamEnglish
      @EatSleepDreamEnglish  4 роки тому +9

      Jolly good Ariadne! Poppycock is a very pleasing word to use...toodle pip my dear

  • @lekoju
    @lekoju 4 роки тому +14

    You are simply hilarious putting on your posh pronunciation, lol!!! What a splendid affair, old Bean!😂🤣

  • @Pilum1000
    @Pilum1000 4 роки тому +5

    "It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice;"
    (c)Oliver Cromwell

  • @mhamha5124
    @mhamha5124 4 роки тому +9

    Tom ur really great, i learn alot of thing from u, thank u so much and I really love the way you talk .. and at the end of the video, you said thank you for your time. No, we should thank you for your time to teach us .

  • @AndyMpls
    @AndyMpls 4 роки тому +10

    Hey Tom. A native American English speaker here and I wanted to let you know you crack me up. Thank you. P.S. I think I can safely say that your posh is tosh!!!

    • @НектоНеизвестный-в1р
      @НектоНеизвестный-в1р 11 місяців тому

      Что вы имеете в виду, что Пош, сам по себе, негативный акцент/диалект или же то, что Автор канала плохо его произносит?

  • @carltrotter7622
    @carltrotter7622 4 роки тому +4

    The empty cup of earl grey lying on my desk filled up as a result of this short, but informative documentary.

  • @ewakarecka7928
    @ewakarecka7928 3 роки тому +4

    such a brilliant video explaining us foreigners the posh english. I had a great time watching it xx

  • @Braun30
    @Braun30 4 роки тому +3

    Reminds me of a retired colonel I once met in Western Ireland.
    Charming bloke but it took me loads of time to translate to my Italian speaking wife who understands some English but could not wrap herself round his pronunciation.

  • @Jeremy-sj3pr
    @Jeremy-sj3pr 3 роки тому +2

    I love the posh British accent even though I was born and raised in the United States.

  • @sridharchaganti1952
    @sridharchaganti1952 4 роки тому +9

    "Smashing" to show delight.

    • @aggy1512
      @aggy1512 4 роки тому

      Doesn't make sense

  • @loving50andbeyond
    @loving50andbeyond 4 роки тому +2

    This was such a wonderful video. So far, it is my fav. Hello, from Dallas, Tx.

  • @taylorbaggins0922
    @taylorbaggins0922 4 роки тому +37

    I can't believe "hello old bean" is for real 😂

    • @vicvic553
      @vicvic553 4 роки тому +6

      Hi my dear old bean, how are you? Oh golly gosh, aren't you blotto, are you? ... No, it's needless to say poppycocks 😀😀😀
      (I hope I didn't make a mistake) xD

    • @vicvic553
      @vicvic553 4 роки тому +1

      The comment is for fun 😂

    • @andrewcaicedoortiz3397
      @andrewcaicedoortiz3397 3 роки тому

      @@vicvic553 yeah you totally look really serious saying old bean 😆

    • @SuperLittleTyke
      @SuperLittleTyke 3 роки тому

      My brother uses it to me every time I see him.

  • @paulsirduke8081
    @paulsirduke8081 4 роки тому +2

    I would like to express my most sincere gratitude and appreciation to you for this video!

  • @jean-yvesdesldec6511
    @jean-yvesdesldec6511 3 роки тому +3

    J'adore toutes vos vidéos !Quel talent ,you are very gifted .I love Queen's English ,the best in the world .

  • @ashleymavimbela5659
    @ashleymavimbela5659 4 роки тому +2

    Hi Tom😁 this is Ashley.....I so love love love your vlogs I teaching myself how to speak in a British accent with the help of your videos. In South Africa we spell most of our words like you do in Britain but sadly we just dont have thee accent🤕....anyway I love Britain, London especially🤩 it's my favourite place in thee world💕. I hope to visit in the near future😭.....Thanks Tom you have helped alot with you videos.
    Shout Out!....all the way from South Africa

  • @johngilbert6384
    @johngilbert6384 4 роки тому +33

    The posh pronunciation of “cough” is exactly how it is pronounced here in New York City. Apparently, we must sound rather classy here... At least sometimes! LOL

    • @electricdreams9446
      @electricdreams9446 3 роки тому +3

      lol we say tuner in australia for tuna and the barth, carf, harf but we definately say COFF for cough 🤣🤣🤣 hope i can get to NYC one day 😭

  • @p43210
    @p43210 10 місяців тому +1

    This really feels like Professor Higgins in Pygmalion

  • @lucindawinehouse2002
    @lucindawinehouse2002 4 роки тому +13

    When I was in High School (it’s nearly a year since I left ) and when I was at High School I was taught by a technology teacher who spoke in a similar style to The Queen’s English and even though I was taught at a School called Hazel Grove High School .
    I was really interested in why most (not all) the staff there spoke with a posh accent.
    (the only thing that bothered me was the commoners in Mainstream because some students there didn’t speak as well as the students in my department)
    (The common mainstreamers spoke a load of Poppycock) .
    By The Way I went to that High School from September 2014 until July 2019 (I only graduated last year )

  • @chrili4069
    @chrili4069 4 роки тому +34

    Thank you Tom, you've answered a question I have had for years! I am German, I've learned English at school in the 80s and at university in the 90s, I have a pronouncing dictionary - and I have always been taught the yod sound without a doubt. Duke, Tube, tuna - always only with a yod sound. That's why I also teach my students the yod sound. And suddenly I keep on hearing all these words with a tsh/dsh sound! And I always wondered why when who... I even asked English friends and they couldn't explain. Now finally! I do have my answer, thank you so much! (Now the question is - will I be able to change my way of speaking so that I can teach my students how those words are pronounced today?) (Btw the students' textbooks all use the 'old', or as you now explained 'posh' pronunciation!)

    • @piffpaff9674
      @piffpaff9674 2 роки тому +1

      Das ist auch wirklich schwer für deutsche Zungen…Ich habe einige Jahre in England studiert und bin immer noch am Üben. Wahrscheinlich werde ich nie meinen deutschen Akzent loswerden 🧐

    • @БогданКостюченко-ц4о
      @БогданКостюченко-ц4о 6 місяців тому +1

      An English singer Johnny Flynn pronounces "dew" /dju:/, not /d͡ʒu:/, as most of the British would pronounce it, nor /du:/, as most Americans would pronounce it, so it sounds neither as "Jew" nor as "do":
      ua-cam.com/video/2F9DDBhjOdE/v-deo.html
      And I remember Galadriel in "The Lord of the Rings" pronounced "seduced by power" as "sedyoosed by power", not "sejoosed by power". She was portrayed by Cate Blanchette, who is from Australia, and I hear "tuna chewing" from Australians as well as from the British, but still she didn't turn /dju:/ into /d͡ʒu:/.
      On the other hand, this English teacher pronounces "deuce" /d͡ʒu:s/ so it sounds the same as "juice":
      ua-cam.com/video/sqZ5r6q8_Sc/v-deo.html
      So it's up to you!
      By the way, "tuna chewing" creates 4 pairs of homophones: "Jew" & "dew" (or "due"), "June" & "dune", "juice" & "deuce" and "jewel" & "dual". But I can't think of any minimal pair which contrasts /t͡ʃu:/ and /tju:/. Probably it's because there are few words that begin with "choo". Actually I can think of only one: "choose". "Tuesday" usually sounds like "choose day" in British accents, but "choose day" is not a word.

  • @cl22396
    @cl22396 3 роки тому +30

    I can’t stop laughing because of the monocle. I’m american but this is hilariously posh. Love it. Just picturing a tourist getting off a bus and swinging around a cane asking strangers for directions to the Ritz

    • @26kitn
      @26kitn Рік тому

      Exactly I couldn't quit laughing 😆

  • @oglachnaheireann752
    @oglachnaheireann752 4 роки тому +3

    It was absolutely ravishing! Deadly interesting! Thank you so much!

  • @fastwalker2163
    @fastwalker2163 4 роки тому +6

    That was a great performance, Tom! He-he! Just keep doing, don't stop! And of course, thank you so much! :)

  • @Mufynette
    @Mufynette Рік тому +1

    it's so fun idk why but it's really entertaining

  • @jricartgonzalez
    @jricartgonzalez 4 роки тому +21

    I only could imagine you on Downton Abbey

    • @EatSleepDreamEnglish
      @EatSleepDreamEnglish  4 роки тому +18

      I'm in the next series as the bumbling English teacher who falls in love with Lady Mary but hs his heart broken when I discover its unrequited love : (

    • @virgincolada2295
      @virgincolada2295 4 роки тому +2

      Me too!😂

  • @someinteresting
    @someinteresting 4 роки тому +2

    Very casual with that black tie. The dowager countess is plainly shoked.

  • @whoahdudeman
    @whoahdudeman Рік тому +3

    Thank you so much for your videos. I'm a Yank living on the continent and used to do a fair bit of business in the UK in the property sector. It's amazing how much the English appreciate their language and the ability to speak it well. Quite challenging for a Yank, but gratifying when you're able to find words and expression that resonate with one's interlocutors.

  • @beaning4298
    @beaning4298 2 роки тому +1

    Simply... Brilliant!

  • @JSMaddy
    @JSMaddy 4 роки тому +3

    This guy really puts in so much effort into his videos. Thank you Tom. The video was spiffing. Tiddly pip

    • @pipmitchell7059
      @pipmitchell7059 3 місяці тому

      Tootle pip, not tiddly as in a bit drunk.

  • @joelmasamba6762
    @joelmasamba6762 Рік тому +1

    You took my English to the last level for sure.

  • @iwonakuzminska8709
    @iwonakuzminska8709 4 роки тому +11

    Tom, you are a jolly good fellow... and so are all of us. :)

  • @elizabethdarley8646
    @elizabethdarley8646 2 роки тому +1

    Really cute!!!! Love it!

  • @JoColours
    @JoColours 4 роки тому +5

    Well, this got me in the mood to rewatch the Jeeves and Wooster series with Fry and Laurie. :)

  • @kerimtd
    @kerimtd 4 роки тому +1

    He could say anything and I'd still watch!

  • @gaiabaldy3245
    @gaiabaldy3245 4 роки тому +4

    That's exactly what I was looking for. I love your videos, they're really useful and I found them hilarious!! Greetings from Italy ❤️

  • @nanelizabethjorgensen7971
    @nanelizabethjorgensen7971 3 роки тому +2

    The vocabulary is out of the 1920s or PG Wodehouse!

  • @naomipatrao
    @naomipatrao 4 роки тому +4

    You have a flat broad tongue (you may or may not have macroglossia -- one would need to take measurements to determine its volume relative to the volume of the oral cavity), and this is causing you to have a slight lisp. Also you have a mild Class 3 intergnathic relationship (the mandible is held slightly anterior to the maxilla).

    • @ryanwani216
      @ryanwani216 6 місяців тому

      Also negative canthal tilt. He needs to start mewing.

  • @GodListens77
    @GodListens77 4 роки тому

    I'm American so I don't know bc I'm not British, but I hear almost a musical lilt with the posh English 😃 the sound goes up/down at the beginning or end of a word. Love it!

  • @KozakDio
    @KozakDio 4 роки тому +16

    Omg he just called me pretty and be wants to marry me. He is a gentleman

  • @electricdreams9446
    @electricdreams9446 3 роки тому +1

    i'm going to say rugger from now on. Really like "rather" in that way as well. 🥰

  • @barbaranunes3309
    @barbaranunes3309 4 роки тому +3

    "Poppycock" I loved this word, it's spiffing😂
    I really appreciate your videos, they help me a lot.❤

  • @mumstheword8851
    @mumstheword8851 4 роки тому +2

    Tom, I wanted to write to you on Monday after the Queen's special address. When I hear her speak, I think of you now 😄😉👍 Stay safe!!

  • @ireneli6960
    @ireneli6960 4 роки тому +3

    Tom, I love all your videos! Thank you so much for your channel!

    • @EatSleepDreamEnglish
      @EatSleepDreamEnglish  4 роки тому +1

      That's spiffing news Rusika, I'm over the moon you enjoyed it my dear

  • @lenakremer4148
    @lenakremer4148 2 роки тому +1

    Laughed so bad at "rather" lol

  • @aliceteodoro1159
    @aliceteodoro1159 4 роки тому +4

    Your videos really help me a lot. Thanks for your perfect explanations and your good humor. I'm Brazilian and I'm in love with British accent. Your accent it's enough to me

  • @otavio.a.8.r
    @otavio.a.8.r 4 роки тому +3

    When you say very in the posh way it remembers me Scottish accent of professor Mcgonagall. I don’t know if it’s similar or not but I had this impression when I hear that.

  • @Animestoryclip
    @Animestoryclip 4 роки тому +3

    how to pronounce "t" in posh accent, because i feel the "t" in posh sounds a little bit softer

  • @wakeupcall2665
    @wakeupcall2665 3 роки тому +1

    Fun fact: the word POSH dates back to the time, when people would sail by ship to India, Malaya, Australia and New Zealand. The cabin on the ship would be booked PORT SIDE OUT, STARBOARD HOME. So sailing around Africa, the travellers would have their cabin facing the cooler morning to noon sun, and the same sailing home. The cheaper cabins facing the warmer afternoon to evening sun where for the common people. Wealthier people who could afford the cooler cabins, soon became the posh people, as they tend to speak anyways the educated English. The wa‘er in Mahjorcah is not what it‘s ough‘a, innit?

  • @mumstheword8851
    @mumstheword8851 4 роки тому +12

    You're a scream, Tom! 😂 Wish I could do that accent. I'm from Glasgow 🤭... Toodle pip ! Off we jolly well go!

    • @EatSleepDreamEnglish
      @EatSleepDreamEnglish  4 роки тому +3

      Why thank you my dear I am chuffed to bits you enjoyed. Tally ho and toodle pip

    • @mumstheword8851
      @mumstheword8851 4 роки тому +2

      😂 😂
      I do, however, run a crazily 'wordy' family. Not a mathematical brain between us 😁 Living in Belgium and the (grown up) kids all born here, we all speak a couple of languages. (It's easier on the continent, so NOT to boast!) But we love language, words, accents, dialects and I love your channel! 😁 🙋🏻‍♀️ Isobel

  • @sarahraa7479
    @sarahraa7479 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks alot

  • @dianaparker4807
    @dianaparker4807 4 роки тому +3

    Oh my gosh Tom how could you forget "well done"!!! I say that all the time and I am from New York but I say it because I like how posh it sounds. Well done here actually means how you like your steak / meat cooked lol!

  • @ppal64
    @ppal64 3 роки тому +1

    He is teaching and taking the piss at the same time. Jolly good show.

  • @myenglishteachermissgreene538
    @myenglishteachermissgreene538 4 роки тому +8

    Wow, I love when a Prince teaches English! 😂😂😂

  • @jijizy
    @jijizy 4 роки тому

    I'm Brazilian and I absolutely love this channel!

  • @markhh
    @markhh 4 роки тому +3

    I think you’ve got it! By George, I think you’ve got it!

  • @evelynvongizycki1017
    @evelynvongizycki1017 3 роки тому +2

    Omg I’m doing it!

  • @AngelGG
    @AngelGG 4 роки тому +3

    In eloquent RP I would suppose, you wouldn’t refer to tipsy as blotto for that term means very drunk, instead, the correct way to say it in such parlance would be “tight”.

  • @Aurora-Rose01
    @Aurora-Rose01 2 роки тому +1

    haa I loved it! I usually say 'oh goodness me!' I say that a lot actually 😄

  • @gregct7280
    @gregct7280 4 роки тому +48

    Hi Tom!
    You forgot "bravo!!"
    Tiddly pip old chap!!

    • @johnbrassey5481
      @johnbrassey5481 4 роки тому +2

      Greg van Namen Aaaaaaggggghhhhh! Those expressions are used by a dying elite.

    • @gregct7280
      @gregct7280 4 роки тому

      @@johnbrassey5481 hahahaha brillant !!!

  • @Alexia24601
    @Alexia24601 2 роки тому +1

    "Darling Mama" and "Darling Pappa." Imagine the look you'll get from your Mom and Dad when you call them that!! (chortle!)

  • @haoweishi1340
    @haoweishi1340 4 роки тому +4

    Haha love this video! Although it's pretty uncommon to find young people speaking the queen's english, at least it sounds very dated and a bit silly. Posh people probably speak modern RP

  • @mohamedbinelias8045
    @mohamedbinelias8045 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you very much

  • @herrprofessor
    @herrprofessor 4 роки тому +9

    Two good examples of posh English would be Tory politician Jacob Rees-Mogg and worldwide famous actor Hugh Grant.

    • @EatSleepDreamEnglish
      @EatSleepDreamEnglish  4 роки тому +3

      Excellent examples old bean : )

    • @herrprofessor
      @herrprofessor 4 роки тому +1

      @@EatSleepDreamEnglish Another likely example of old school posh accent or probably Conservative RP would be former BBC journalist Geoff Oxley, who hosted/presented "Look East" in the 1990s in the BBC Studios in Norwich. Nowadays, he's retired due to his age, of course. 😉 ua-cam.com/video/oCLtZfAA2wg/v-deo.html

    • @magusl9628
      @magusl9628 3 роки тому

      I was under the impression that any Tory politician spoke posh. In fact, any MP, innit?

  • @barryrahn5957
    @barryrahn5957 Рік тому

    I'm a Midwest American and have used a number of these expressions over the years - just "cause they're fun! One comes to mind, "Oh blast" for a sense of aggravation. Golly gosh I use here and there. Cheers!

  • @robertbushee3519
    @robertbushee3519 4 роки тому +4

    2nd comment: What a blessing it is to love words.

  • @h0rat1us
    @h0rat1us 4 роки тому +2

    What a marvelous creation! I implore you to make more of this kind of videos; I very enjoyed it. Thank you! Best wishes for the coming one's.

  • @hannajones5416
    @hannajones5416 4 роки тому +3

    Oh my (surprised)
    Wicked (as in; " That child is being a wicked little beast.")
    Quite (as an agreement)

  • @RECAMPAIRE
    @RECAMPAIRE 4 роки тому +1

    Tom : your video is very funny : you really have an acting tallent! But that makes me remember when I began to learn English at school in early 70’s : we were taught English with this accent . And for our first trip to England , we didn’t understand anything. But I still love to hear this accent when I have tea.

  • @lesvoutesparis1351
    @lesvoutesparis1351 3 роки тому +11

    In France, we say about the upper class' accent: "they speak with a hot potato in the mouth !"

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages 3 роки тому

      People in Sweden say that Danish sounds like Swedish with a potato in their mouth, interesting how the saying has spread.

    • @mayrarodriguez1724
      @mayrarodriguez1724 3 роки тому +1

      We say the same thing in Mexico, on how “fresas” speak.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages 3 роки тому

      @@mayrarodriguez1724 ¿Quién es las fresas?