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I thought that it came from “amateur” , same for amateur radio enthusiasts. Ham radio.
In theatres/theaters an amateur performer would over act, not be subtle, not like wot proper hact-tors are.
Ham from “hamateurs” because some lower class people think it is posh to add an “h” in front of a vowel. And in some cases that is true because the upper classes do. And in other cases the “h” is dropped. The upper classes will say “‘ouse” and ” ‘ampstead instead of “house” and “Hampstead”.
Then you have the “mockneys”. Upper class politicians, e.g. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, aka Miranda, as well as upper class comedians, who would adopt a mock Cockaknee accent in order to appeal to their target audience. Yow now woส ah mearn, mite?
ส apparently is the accepted international symbol for the glottal stop. You know what I mean, mate?
Class and snobbery is complicated in England. As a Scot I do not need to play the silly game, except when winding people, English, up.โWe have a multitude of other linguistic games. I never understood how foreigners could understand the film Trainspotting. Such larks.
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The Scottish Government’s gone off-kilt-er in their defense of men in skirts. Do they think kilts are under attack?
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