Accent? What accent?
:-)
I became aware of a new accent in Britain, estuary, which is somewhat more incomprehensible to this Yankee, than Cockney, which is tough enough. I was on a boat ride on the Thames, and the chap chatting away on the mike spoke "estuary" English. And then there were this defendants in the criminal court of the Old Baily. Oh my. This one quite articulate chap who I could not understand, who was accused of being involved in a gang war killing, after getting the permission of the the judge (referred to by the barristers present as "my lord," said some guy said "f*ck the whip." The barrister in his Etonian accent and voice (I can understand that accent), asked the defendant if he would enlighten "his lordship" as to what that meant. The defendant complied, and said it meant slash the tires of the car. And there you have it.