Posted May 7, 2016, 9:49 PM
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Originally Posted by hipster duck
People do that? I can't imagine somebody from Ganonoque affecting a British accent.
OTOH, the other night I went to an event the other night where one of the speakers was an academic who grew up in "Toron-toe". She made a point of emphasizing her consonants. She also prefaced her speech by talking about how she had overcome "adversity" as a woman and person of colour, despite the fact that her parents were both doctors and she had attended some kind of international school. It was barfworthy, really.
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Aww, the poor thing.
I have found that many wealthier Torontonians speak that way to try to make themselves appear above the crowd.
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