Re: British term

I tried watching Law & Order: UK (or maybe it was MI-5, it was a crime drama of some sort...and definitely had punctuation in the title). One of the first episodes involved a character from somewhere in the southern US (Georgia, probably). The actress' attempt at the accent was horrible. I looked her up on IMDB, and she was actually American--from New York. I imagine the casting director assumed that an American playing an American was close enough, and that no one in the UK has watched Gone with the Wind. Ever. The sad thing is that if she'd just kept her original accent (assuming it wasn't a strong Bronx or something), it would be fine. An American that sounds non-descript American is better than one with a clearly, painfully affected accent.

There is one English accent I haven't been able to figure out. It sounds like it is somewhere between affected and a speech impediment, and (if television is to be believed) is almost exclusive to well-educated, upper-class 20-something men. In this accent my name would be pronounced "eew-wick".

Rick 

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