[T]he whole British upper class mimic with voice the world of printing. This puts the lower classes way down because they still retain many of the characteristics of pre-print in their voices. So the class structure in England is quite simply simulating print with the voice.
From a recording McLuhan call to Tony Schwartz; recounted in Schwartz’s The Responsive Chord (1970), p 122
Year: 1970
Chapter:
Speech
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan