[rlmorel]

They always had those people who seemed to speak with a nasally-twanged faux-British accent.

I grew to hate that. I have always enjoyed jazz, particularly the old masters like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins, and I got to the point I could reliably identify who it was on hearing one or two notes.

When I developed an ingrained dislike of that snotty voice, I could pick it out immediately in only one or two words and change the station.

LOL, I didn’t listen to William F. Buckley until later in life, and my first thought was “OMG, he sounds like one of them!”

Until I actually listened to what he said, and hypothesized that his accent could only be one of the reasons the Left hated him so much! They probably thought he was co-opting their snotty audience!

[jjotto]

WFB was schooled early on in Mexico, then France and the UK, returning to the US when WW2 broke out. He did indeed go to snooty private schools.

[fwdude]

Did you ever catch the Diane Rehm Show? One of the most irritating leftists ever on that station.

I remember catching an interview she had with Thomas Sowell decades ago. He destroyed her points, but that didn't stop your arrogant attitude.

[TexasKamaAina]

I didn’t listen to William F. Buckley until later in life, and my first thought was “OMG, he sounds like one of them!”

I read once that his accent was something he affected after spending time in the UK. Don't know if that's true or not.