Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
"BBC English" ... as it was termed back in the 1950s when this accent seemed to be ubiquitous among [*mainly] male radio announcers and sports commentators alike.
That's how the rest of the world think we sound, or like Sean Connery's James Bond. Whenever I'm abroad, very few people guess I'm British on the first attempt. They always guess Australian or Irish first ...and I don't even think I've got an accent, OK maybe a touch of A1 northbound to Peterborough