Accents - Part 2

One student asked me, “Why do Americans think all British people are posh?”

My reply was, “Probably because in the movies, whenever someone is supposed to be portrayed as upper-class and sophisticated, they have a British accent.”

I mentioned this to a teacher earlier this week, and she said, “But how about Disney movies like The Lion King? Scar, the bad guy, has a British accent, and all the good guys have American accents.”

It’s something to think about…