Kimm  +  427422 Fri, 05 Oct 07 02:26 PM Do upperclass people drop their vowels and lowerclass people drop their consonants? /km Kimm Joined on Wed, Jan 17 2007 New Member 41 Vowels, Consonants

	nona the brit  +  427557 Fri, 05 Oct 07 07:42 PM I can't imagine how you can drop a vowel, to be honest - do you have any examples. Some working class accents drop some consonants. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all. Vowels, Accents, Consonants

	Kimm  +  427936 Sat, 06 Oct 07 04:40 PM You only have to listen to upperclass people and lowerclass people speaking to get the gist, but my statement was intentionally sweeping, meant more as a starting point for discussion than a linguistic hypothesis. Wikipedia mentions it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_class /km Kimm Vowels, Consonants

	nona the brit  +  428164 Sun, 07 Oct 07 09:29 AM Ah I see what you mean. We usually say that 'clipped' vowels are an element of upper-class speech, rather than 'dropped' vowels, but the effect is the same. Yes, it can be a feature. nona the brit Vowels, Consonants