OXFORD ACCENT CRITICISED.
OUTSPOKEN CRITICISM London, April 28. During the course of a debate at the London School of Economics on the English language, Mr. St. John Irvine, dramatist and novelist, declared that the Prince of Wales had a marked Cockney accent. The Prince’s parents pronounced their Rs. but the Prince did not. He also said “howp” when he meant “hope.” Irvne added that he recently heard one of the Prince’s brothers say “Book of Ya wk.” Mr. Irvine denounced the Oxford accent’s invasion of the stage and pulpit. He -de nianded that many clergymen bo unfrocked therefor. The Oxford accent had migrated from the East End slums to the West End slums. He appealed to the female portion of the audience to refuse to marry men Ith the Oxford accent, thereby refusing to perpetuate the abominable breed that was ruining the beautiful English language.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 113, 30 April 1926, Page 3
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147OXFORD ACCENT CRITICISED. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 113, 30 April 1926, Page 3
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