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Originally Posted by jon boy
what exactly is the accent of hampshire/surrey etc? at least the northern accent has character, unlike that benign stuff.
now down t'pit with yer.
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In t'olden days, the Hampshire/Surrey accent was what was known as a BBC accent, e.g. well-spoken and understandable to all. These days, of course, the BBC is riddled with regional accents - Another example of the terrible dumbing down of the televisual media, I'm afraid. It matters not, though, as no-one on the BBC says anything worth understanding these days anyway.