In the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is they superior.
The notion of 'Queen's English' is usually applied to our pronunciation.
My mother taught me everything I know; how to speak properly, posture, enunciation.
Where do you come from? And where are you going? Look up, speak nicely, and don't twiddle your fingers all the time.
I recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an accurate and refined use of the mother tongue.
In the middle of the 20th century, aspirations to sound 'proper' were passionately pursued. Dictionaries as late as the Seventies include many pronunciations that could cut the proverbial glass.
Take some elocution lessons; you can joke with Ebonics, but the truth is, nothing beats the King's English. Learning how to speak properly, and the art of delivery can take you very far in life!
