Ireland / island

[hela]

Good morning Bob,

What I'm studying is Br Received Pronunciation so it's the "Queen's English" transcription that I'd like to have. It doesn't mean though that I 'm not interested in the American pronunciation. It's important for me to know the difference between both accents.

Kind regards

[Tdol]

Bob's a blue-blooded BrE speaker.

[BobK]

Originally Posted by Tdol

Bob's a blue-blooded BrE speaker.

Steady on - if hela looks that up she might think you mean I'm an aristocrat (which I'm not). I'd use the term dyed-in-the-wool (which means thorough/through and through, hela) - with a passing reference to the blue dye once worn by the locals hereabouts.

b
PS
Don't waste any braincells thinking about that 'blue dye' bit - it's irrelevant. It just struck me as coincidentally apt.

[Englishuser]

Originally Posted by BobK

Steady on - if hela looks that up she might think you mean I'm an aristocrat (which I'm not).

All British English speakers tend to sound like they're aristocrats, whether they are or not.

[Tdol]

Only in films.

[Englishuser]

Originally Posted by Tdol

Only in films.

Yeah, but if they're not on film, we tend to mistake them for Australians.