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* Much is made of Sophie having an accent that was too upper-class for a servant in ''An Offer from a Gentleman'', and it's what leads Violet Bridgerton to be suspicious of her story of being a working-class child who was allowed to take lessons with the children of an upper-class family. But that's more or less what she is. Sophie didn't live in the Earl of Penrose's household until she was four; before then, she lived with her presumably working-class mother's family. And even after that, she didn't spend much time around other people with an "elevated" accent until she was eleven. So if Violet is right and a child who spent their "formative" years with working-class people can't change their accent even with lessons from a governess, shouldn't Sophie still have a working-class accent? [[note]] Of course in real life Lady Bridgerton would be wrong; children and even adults can absolutely change their accents, and in fact, servants who interacted closely with their employers, like lady's maids, would be expected to speak in a more "refined" way despite their class. But the narrative implies that Violet is right and the way Sophie talks is a major clue to her identity.[[/note]]
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* Much is made of Sophie having an accent that was too upper-class for a servant in ''An Offer from a Gentleman'', and it's what leads Violet Bridgerton to be suspicious of her story of being a working-class child who was allowed to take lessons with the children of an upper-class family. But that's more or less what she is. Sophie didn't live in the Earl of Penrose's household until she was four; before then, she lived with her presumably working-class mother's family. And even after that, the only people she didn't spend spent much time around other people with an "elevated" accent with, until she was eleven. eleven, were the servants and her governess. So if Violet is right and a child who spent their "formative" years with working-class people can't change their accent even with lessons from a governess, lessons, shouldn't Sophie still have a working-class accent? [[note]] Of course in real life Lady Bridgerton would be wrong; children and even adults can absolutely change their accents, and in fact, servants who interacted closely with their employers, like lady's maids, would be expected to speak in a more "refined" way despite their class. But the narrative implies that Violet is right and the way Sophie talks is a major clue to her identity.[[/note]]
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* Much is made of Sophie having an accent that was too upper-class for a servant in ''An Offer from a Gentleman'', and it's what leads Violet Bridgerton to be suspicious of her story of being a working-class child who was allowed to take lessons with the children of an upper-class family. But that's more or less what she is. Sophie didn't live in the Earl of Penrose's household until she was four; before then, she lived with her presumably working-class mother's family. And even after that, she didn't spend much time around other people with an "elevated" accent until she was eleven. So if Violet is right and a child who spent their "formative" years with working-class people can't change their accent even with lessons from a governess, shouldn't Sophie still have a working-class accent? [[note]] Of course in real life Lady Bridgerton would be wrong; children and even adults can absolutely change their accents, and in fact, servants who interacted closely with their employers, like lady's maids, would be expected to speak in a more "refined" way despite their class. But the narrative implies that Violet is right and the way Sophie talks is a major clue to her identity.[[/note]]
