http://www.englishforums.com/English/LinguisticsDiscussionForum/Forum35.htmGet into the nitty-gritty of the language.enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrestigeForms/gwcwz/post.htm#544267Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:30:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:544267Jon Salt0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrestigeForms/gwcwz/post.htm#544267http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-544267.xmlAnyone who wants to identify with/admires local spirit more than they admire top-down education. Trade union leaders should speak with a regional accent, for example. People who admire regional accents tend to admire "grit" or "toughness" so urban accents will do better than rural ones for impressing teenagers or for being sexually attractive (for a male).http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrestigeForms/gwcwz/post.htm#541389Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:30:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:541389Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrestigeForms/gwcwz/post.htm#541389http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-541389.xml>This sounds like a school task to me. What do you think anon?< Left school a long time, ago. It's a non-native speaker interested task.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrestigeForms/gwcwz/post.htm#541357Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:30:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:541357nona the brit2http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrestigeForms/gwcwz/post.htm#541357http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-541357.xmlThis sounds like a school task to me. What do you think anon?http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrestigeForms/gwcwz/post.htmWed, 25 Feb 2009 03:30:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:541149Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrestigeForms/gwcwz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-541149.xmlAre the vernacular forms of English seen as a prestige forms by some speakers? If so, which forms and by whom?