#I mean there was a period when watching German TV like influenced the accent of my thoughts

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“[Alf] showed his son his Liverpool, and for what may have been the only time, or certainly one of very few, John visited his grandmother Polly Lennon, at 57 Copperfield Street. The 73-year-old, who’d known tough times yet raised her six surviving children well enough to earn their devotion and respect, bounced her grandson on her knee and remarked on his fine speaking voice. John did indeed speak very well – he even called Alf ‘Pater’, as if he was a young duke and not a young Liverpudlian. A number of witnesses have mentioned this, but how John got the voice isn’t clear: though Julia and Mimi spoke well, and numbered among that substantial part of the Liverpool population that doesn’t adopt ‘the Scouse accent’, neither did they speak like BBC announcers, as John did at this time. (Perhaps that’s a clue right there: it could have been from the radio.) However John had obtained it, being called ‘Pater’ embarrassed the hell out of Alf, who urged him to use ‘Daddy’ instead.”

– Mark Lewisohn in The Beatles – All These Years – Extended Edition: Volume One: Tune In (Chapter 3)

#first of all: this is so incredibly cute #second of all: because I don't really see any other traits like that (adopting a posh voice from nowhere) in John #I lowkey wonder if maybe he just was listening to more radio than talking to people at this time :( #I mean there was a period when watching German TV like influenced the accent of my thoughts #but actually speaking it seems a bit extreme to me idk #john #fiona.docx #alfred #44 #ref #tune in