| Comment | From the Scottish National Dictionary:
*fig*. an affected, ultra-refined way of speech adopted to impress others with one's social importance, so called because of the relatively higher price of the pan than the plain loaf. Gen. (exc. I.) Sc. Also used attrib. Adj., adv. pan-loafy. Hence phrs. to speak pan loaf(y), to pit on the high pan, to speak in an affected pseudo-English manner, to “put on the style”.
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I've mostly heard it called telephone voice. Basically, we slow our speaking down a little and try to pronounce things more clearly/ less lazily. A great example of it is with Kevin Bridges. Listen to him just as his career took off then listen to him now.
I do it all the time with customers to the point that folk seem surprised when I tell them I'm fae the east end of Glesga.
Anticipating that you might be interested to know... the "real" speech pattern is the broad Glaswegian/near intelligible one. It takes a bit of effort to put on the "telephone voice", to the point that it gets a bit mentally exhausting after a while. |
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