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Mike,

Accent, schmaccent.  I'm puzzled by this "er" sound in "worse", and why this gent only teaches "an English accent".  What particular accent of the few dozen does he teach? I think I can guess. Has he no ambition?  He should be teaching clear diction and nothing more.

I watched The One Show last night - one of the guests was (and still is) a well known English actor.  For some reason not fully explained to me, he read out something in what all present thought a "Scottish" accent.  Why do most non-Scots attempting the not terribly difficult job of imitating a Scottish accent put on a vaguely-centred nasal whine that approximates to nothing ever heard up here?

Hugh.
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