Mid-Atlantic English
Mid-Atlantic accent or Transatlantic accent may refer to: * Good American Speech, a consciously learned American accent incorporating British features, mostly associated with early 20th-century actors and announcers * Northeastern elite accent, an accent of the Northeastern elite of the United States born between the 19th century and early 20th century Mid-Atlantic accent may also refer to: * Philadelphia English Philadelphia English or Delaware Valley English is a variety or dialect of American English native to Philadelphia and extending throughout the city's metropolitan area, including southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey, counties of northern D ...

Good American Speech
Good American Speech, a Mid-Atlantic accent,Boberg, Charles (2021). "Accent in North American Film and Television". Cambridge University Press. p. 126.MacNeil, Robert; Cran, William (2007). Do You Speak American?'. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. p. 51. or a Transatlantic accent is a consciously learned accent of English that was promoted in certain American courses on acting, voice, and elocution from the early to mid-20th century. As a result, it has become associated with particular announcers and Hollywood actors,Boberg, Charles (2020). "Diva diction: Hollywood’s leading ladies and the rise of General American English". ''American Speech: A Quarterly of Linguistic Usage'', 95(4), 441-484: "Kelly was from Philadelphia. Rogers, from Independence, Missouri, and Shearer, from Montreal, are about half ''R''-less. Adoption of /r/ vocalization by these actresses from ''r''-ful regions presumably reflects both formal dramatic training and the generally high prestige of this feature in th ...
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Northeastern Elite Accent
A Northeastern elite accent is any of the related American English accents used by members of the wealthy Northeastern elite born in the 19th century and early 20th century, which share significant features with Eastern New England English and Received Pronunciation (RP), the standard British accent.Hubbell, Allan Forbes. "GENERAL OBSERVATIONS; LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY". The Pronunciation of English in New York City: Consonants and Vowels, New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, 1950, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.7312/hubb94024-002 The late 19th century first produced audio recordings of and general commentary about such accents used by affluent East Coast and Northern Americans, particularly New Yorkers and New Englanders, sometimes directly associated with their education at private preparatory schools. On one hand, scholars traditionally describe these accents as prescribed or affected ways of speaking consciously acquired in elite schools of that era. ...
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