Can someone explain to me the High Speech?

[Prince of Darkness]

Hi,

High-Speech was taught to The Gunslingers and noblemen to distinguish them from the lower classes and uneducated men. If you know anything about the Victorian Age, try to think of Low-Speech as "Cockney" and High-Speech as "Standard Speech."

Long days and pleasant nights

[BlackThorn]

Thanks for clearing that up for me guys i was actually starting to think that the high speech was something familiar to the voice the bene gesserits use in Dune.

I think this is actually a lot of the case...

Eddie states he doubted he'd even understand The High Speech in his land, but in Roland's world, he understood it perfectly.

The Low Speech, or common, can be bastardized in any number of ways. The High Speech must be immune to that somehow, and I always assumed it was more than just english and some other version of english.

[Tinahorve]

I know this is an old thread, but I had this same question. I figured it was a special language or dialect for the nobleman, but what I am not understanding is this:

"Roland tried, but it kept swimming in and out. It would almost settle into Great Letters that he could read, and then fall back into gibberish.".

This is from Wolves. Just curious as to everyone's thoughts.