Morningsiden.
/ˈmɔːnɪŋsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈmɔrnɪŋˌsaɪd/, Scottish English /ˈmɔrnɪŋsʌid/ attributive. Designating or relating to people or things originating from or associated with Morningside; spec. designating the supposedly affected and refined accent (and by implication manners, attitudes, etc.) of its residents. Cf. Kelvinside n.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > accent > [noun] > specific accents
Oxford accent1855
Oxford Englisha1894
Mummersetshire1952
Morningside1953
Brummie1963
Roedean1972
mid-Atlantic1975
Estuary English1984
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > accent > [adjective] > of particular accents
broad?1533
plum-in-the-mouth1553
strong1735
educated1838
Kensingtonian1902
Morningside1953
cut glass1962
lock-jawed1974
1953 W. Taylor Scot Free 89 The wrongly castigated Kelvinside or Morningside accents.
1973 Lowland Sc. (Occas. Paper Assoc. Sc. Lit. Stud. No. 2) 10 The Scottish Augustans seem to have bequeathed us an inferiority complex and the Morningside accent.
1976 Scotsman 24 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 1/7 He talks awful tosted breed, if ye unnerstan' my Morningside accent.
1986 Sunday Tel. 9 Nov. 14/2 The authors have a keen ear for accents, whether Somerset, Morningside or ‘local’.
1997 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 17 Aug. The odour was tart and nippy, suggestive of Morningside ladies, or spinster schoolteachers.
2000 Evening News (Edinb.) (Electronic ed.) 8 May It was a very Morningside comment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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