Re: Blackett English

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Posted by Jon on October 20, 2003 at 16:58:22 from 151.121.50.1 user Jon.

In Reply to: Re: Blackett English posted by Mike Dennis on October 18, 2003 at 07:41:44:

Mike Dennis on October 18, 2003 was heard to say:

But.. the remark "Small jokes about accents have always been part of the English social fabric -", not sure about jokes, often it verges on the racist.

I'll refer you to The Highly Esteemed . . . Goon Show where virtually any accent imaginable, including standard Beeb (cf. The Greenslade Story among others) takes a hit at some point.

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