Anglo-American Linguistic Studies

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Is Essex-speak the British equivalent to Valley Girl?

― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, 12 April 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

No - the essex accent is a lot less posh than the valley girl. I think estuary (sp?) english is more akin to the valley girl idiom.

but it's hard to really make a comparison between accents in a british context and those in an american, as accents are FAR more important in the UK.

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Monday, 12 April 2004 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Valley Girl Posh? I think of it as trashy, soulless, rootless suburban. What's Estuary? Thames Estuary? North Kent, South Essex?

― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, 12 April 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

are they?

crosspost

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 12 April 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Posh is not the right word. But the valley girls tend to be moneyed. (unless i totally misunderstand the idea: I'm basing it on the Frank Zappa song)

Estuary English is indeed from the thames estuary. It's a kind of recieved pronunciation mixed down with a touch of mockney. a modern RP.

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Monday, 12 April 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

How much of your expression posh is money and how much is taste? Valley can be rich as hell but it has horrible taste.

― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, 12 April 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I think of Essex as parallel to New Jersey.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 12 April 2004 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Jersey and Valley have a lot in common, when you think of it.

― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, 12 April 2004 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

by posh i was meaning moneyed. sloppy wordchoice, for which i apologise...

(and posh has nothing to do with good taste)

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Monday, 12 April 2004 23:27 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

Have we had a discussion ever about "The Affect"? I found it particularly pervasive and grating last night.

― Paul Eater (eater), Monday, 8 January 2007 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

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