In Roberts’ article he states, “In England, class differences have often been more prominent than those of age or place. If you were the blacksmith’s boy, you might know the son of the local baronet, but you didn’t speak his language. You spoke the language of your social group, and he that of his, and over the centuries these social dialects remained widely separated” (329). England today is still separated by the difference in dialects and accents, and it is easy to tell someone’s background and family history solely based on the way they are speaking. It is hard to cross the social lines because of the great barrier that language creates,and England is a great example of how speech patterns are developed between groups of people. The upper class will speak better English because of the availability of education, but the lower class does not have that option for schooling, so they often have improper grammar and mispronounced
In Roberts’ article he states, “In England, class differences have often been more prominent than those of age or place. If you were the blacksmith’s boy, you might know the son of the local baronet, but you didn’t speak his language. You spoke the language of your social group, and he that of his, and over the centuries these social dialects remained widely separated” (329). England today is still separated by the difference in dialects and accents, and it is easy to tell someone’s background and family history solely based on the way they are speaking. It is hard to cross the social lines because of the great barrier that language creates,and England is a great example of how speech patterns are developed between groups of people. The upper class will speak better English because of the availability of education, but the lower class does not have that option for schooling, so they often have improper grammar and mispronounced