"La-di-da" Lodge was often criticised for sounding like an Englishman during his lifetime. It's strange, as he was a bit of an Anglophobe in his politics; a real "America First-er", as shown in the subject of this speech.
This was the accent that issued forth from the mouths of some of the greatest luminaries of American literature. Thus did Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wordsworth Longfellow and Ralph Waldo Emerson pronounce their English. To someone who is a great fan of literature and a linguistic hobbyist besides, it is a gemm of a video. Imagine the pros of Emerson read with this accent. Incredible!
It certainly wasn't a general accent, but senators in general (and not just on the east coast) did cultivate a more British-sounding elocution all the way up to the 50s or so.
"La-di-da" Lodge was often criticised for sounding like an Englishman during his lifetime. It's strange, as he was a bit of an Anglophobe in his politics; a real "America First-er", as shown in the subject of this speech.
-Tim
RealBigLittleTim 2 years ago
wow... our accent has degraded so much in 100 years... it's sad.
khattamshud 3 years ago 6
i agree - language in general is much degenerated
haasxaar 3 years ago
This was never really the general accent in the States. If anything it's a Boston Brahmin accent.
murphycline 3 years ago 4
This was the accent that issued forth from the mouths of some of the greatest luminaries of American literature. Thus did Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wordsworth Longfellow and Ralph Waldo Emerson pronounce their English. To someone who is a great fan of literature and a linguistic hobbyist besides, it is a gemm of a video. Imagine the pros of Emerson read with this accent. Incredible!
philomelodia 2 years ago
It certainly wasn't a general accent, but senators in general (and not just on the east coast) did cultivate a more British-sounding elocution all the way up to the 50s or so.
admiraljello 2 years ago