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[–] IggyTheSmidge@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Distinctly different to my ear.

The first is what I would call generic Oxbridge, though I would guess he grew up somewhere in London/the southeast.

The second has a couple of Oxbridge-esque lines near the beginning ('you quickly notice' etc), but mostly sounds like someone from the north of England (East Yorkshire maybe?) that's lived in the southeast for a good few years and had the edges knocked off.

[–] ns1@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

This was my take as well. 1 is more classic home counties. 2 is very neutral and I think you're right about the northern background. "We come up with all these fancy frameworks" is the bit where it's most apparent

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

I've nothing to add, other than they both sound like ponces

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 1 points 1 week ago

There are some very minor differences, but they're broadly similar. 2 has a few things like dropping the "f" sound from "of" and using a "v" sound for the last consonant of "with" which I would guess are tinges of a London accent