# Diction by upper class "society" women in old movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diction-by-upper-class-society-women-in-old-movies/325667 "2005-10-11T00:49:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diction-by-upper-class-society-women-in-old-movies/325667/21 "2005-10-13T03:11:36Z")
Tony Curtis’s accent as “Junior” in _Some Like it Hot_ is the epitome of this type of hoity-toity speak. (Of course, his character is faking the accent in order to sound like a rich guy. And Sugar eats it right up.) ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diction-by-upper-class-society-women-in-old-movies/325667/22 "2005-10-13T05:51:16Z")
Tony Curtis was imitating Cary Grant. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diction-by-upper-class-society-women-in-old-movies/325667/23 "2005-10-14T06:08:08Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > There is no “Standard American” accent. 'Course there is. It’s called “Anchorman English.” Most news broadcasters speak it. The American equivalent of the BBC’s “Received Pronunciation.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diction-by-upper-class-society-women-in-old-movies/325667.md?page=1)