The Mid-Atlantic accent was important to include in the series, Brennan says, because “it denotes a kind of upper crust, East Coast wealth—but it’s an affectation.

The Transatlantic accent, known also as the Mid-Atlantic accent, sounds like a newspaper barker from the 1940's or, yes, like Dorothy Gale as she cries out for Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz.And ...

While we haven’t seen the movie, we can say without reservation that it cuts a good trailer. Maestro will hit theaters for a limited run on November 22 and stream on Netflix on December 20. More ...

Sometimes referred to as a Mid-Atlantic accent, it is a carefully crafted dialect meant to imitate the upper-crust elite. Phonetician William Tilly created the posh accent in the early 20th century.

'Historically, the mid-Atlantic accent denoted class, status and education during the era of 'talkies' (sound films) in the 1920s, and became known as the 'movie accent' due to its prominence in ...

There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Movie Accent. ... Attempting to mimic her exotic manner of speaking, I landed somewhere north of Mid-Atlantic and drowned. But what a way to go.