Practise an ’Oxbridge accent’

I am initally from Sweden but have been living in London for 2 years. I am interesting in take an evening course in learning how to speak with an "Oxbridge accent". Do you know if LSE or any other institution offers courses in this type of matter?

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rboogie

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Are you swedish or retarded?

Reply 2

MrBing

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rboogie

Are you swedish or retarded?

What's that supposed to mean? Maybe I should reformulate myself, would speech-trainers be more appropriate?

Reply 3

Jaffaholic

Is this just a normal finishing school type thing?

Reply 4

MrBing

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ghost101

Is this just a normal finishing school type thing?

Huh?

Reply 5

MrBing

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gizmoleeds

I think the best term for what you're looking for is elocution lessons. The LSE certainly wouldn't offer these and I doubt any other respectable university would either.

Taking elocution lessons these days is almost unheard of, and I can't see how doing so would advantage you in any way. If you are Swedish then people will expect you to speak with a Swedish accent and won't think any less of you for it.

I am a strong believer in that most people are superficial and I would think having an “Oxbridge” an accent would help me in some situations. If not, I would be nice to just have one. Let me put is this way; I rather have a Oxbridge accent than an Eastern European one.

Reply 6

drs1357

there is no such thing as an "oxbridge" accent.

Reply 7

username9303

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Yeah, exactly what drs1357 said. If you mean a voice which usually belongs to the very posh people of this country then that's a different matter. Oxford and Cambridge are just universities after all, people there will have all different accents.

Reply 8

Theorist

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Don't stress too much about it, mate. You're right; maybe for interviews, it will help if you can speak clearly, but you don't elocution lessons for that - you'll pick up a good standard English accent (which is the most desirable) in your three years' here. In fact, sometimes an Oxbridge accent is a bit of a put-off; it's considered too formal and snobby, by some.

Standard English is the name given to the accent and vocabulary used by most people in the country - it's the way newsreaders speak.

Reply 9

Profesh

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MrBing

I am initally from Sweden but have been living in London for 2 years. I am interesting in take an evening course in learning how to speak with an "Oxbridge accent". Do you know if LSE or any other institution offers courses in this type of matter?

Why would anyone wish to sound Chinese?

Reply 10

Johan C

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Profesh

Why would anyone wish to sound Chinese?

Good point :p:

Reply 11

713

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Profesh

Why would anyone wish to sound Chinese?

brilliant

if you want an oxbridge accent why don't you just look that you get accepted there?

Reply 12

shady lane

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Well I have to say I am amazed at the number of students at LSE that can't speak English well. OK there, I said it.

Reply 13

bryan

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shady lane

Well I have to say I am amazed at the number of students at LSE that can't speak English well.

The foreign students at LSE or the British ones?

Reply 14

bryan

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MrBing

I am initally from Sweden but have been living in London for 2 years. I am interesting in take an evening course in learning how to speak with an "Oxbridge accent". Do you know if LSE or any other institution offers courses in this type of matter?

Listen to the BBC is the best advice I can give you.

Foreign students.

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olliemccowan

Yeah, exactly what drs1357 said. If you mean a voice which usually belongs to the very posh people of this country then that's a different matter. Oxford and Cambridge are just universities after all, people there will have all different accents.

Yes, I am referring to this type of ‘accent’, which at least where I come from is associated to Oxbridge. What’s the terminology for it?

I realise that I might have been too superficial in this case – but at least I have learned something from it :smile:

Reply 17

MrBing

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bryan

Listen to the BBC is the best advice I can give you.

I’m listing to Bloomberg Radio – which obviously is not related to what I'm looking for at all. Maybe I should reconsider the BBC...

Reply 18

andy_cole2

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listen to the queen's speech
anyway i like the swedish accent its cool

Reply 19

username9303

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MrBing

Yes, I am referring to this type of ‘accent’, which at least where I come from is associated to Oxbridge. What’s the terminology for it?

I realise that I might have been too superficial in this case – but at least I have learned something from it :smile:

I can't think of a name for that accent, but you would need to just sign up for some elocution lessons which would teach you how to speak that way if you wanted to. Beware though, because people who speak like that are often looked at as being snobbish, which really wouldn't help you.

Practise an ’Oxbridge accent’

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