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the way we used to speak #1 (permalink) Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:25 am   the way we used to speak		  

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Listen to this. Just an ordinary couple talking to each other. That's how we sounded in the 1950s.

http://www.turnipnet.com/radio/paultemple.wav

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the way we used to speak #2 (permalink) Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:05 am   the way we used to speak		  

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Hi Alan
You know, I am not native, but in my opinion the English language contains of the accent, the sentence structures and the way we use to communicate with each other has changed a lot. Listening to their talking was really weird for me. It sounds like the formal conversations.

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the way we used to speak #3 (permalink) Sun Jan 17, 2010 15:18 pm   the way we used to speak		  
Alan wrote:
Hi,

Listen to this. Just an ordinary couple talking to each other. That's how we sounded in the 1950s.

http://www.turnipnet.com/radio/paultemple.wav

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Very Upper/Middle class Alan IYDMMSS

I actually think its different nowadays because in soap opera's etc people talk like every day talk... Were as years ago my Mother for example had a telephone voice or if she was talking to someone very important. I think lots of people in the 50's and 60's and even now do the same.
But I'm guessing the Audio is Southern English and the participants rather public school and to be honest I think a lot of Public School pupils today would speak very similar although perhaps not quite as polite.

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