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Default O.T. : What Have We Done ... ?

In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
The day the BBC allowed some of those dreadful common oiks into the
newsrooms was the the day standards went out of the window.
The whole country used to be grateful to have a single standard, where
they could hear their betters speak and aspire for their offspring to
have a decent education and be able to speak like that also.


Its all part of the 'lets pretend that the country can be run and
governed by people who are as stupid as the worst member of the
electorate'


So you actually think an accent reflects intelligence or ability?

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