RP and Regional Accents

The Britons are obsessed with accents. They seem to disdain regional accents, markers of not only a person's origin, but also of a person's social class, among other things!.
Take a look at the following articles to see how accent-conscious the British are.

'Our obsession with regional accents is class warfare by another name' Here

In praise of... regional accents Here

And not only in Britain! See what's going on in the States here

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