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Michael Bellomo br> The Heart of the Left Coast, California

Lawrence Henry is very mistaken if he thinks his son speaks without an accent -- I will guarantee anyone in Britain will say Bud speaks with an American accent. We all have accents -- there is no such thing as unaccented English, and never has been. Unfortunately there have always been snobs and fools like Mr. Henry who think the way someone pronounces words is a guide to their worth. It's what people say, Mr. Henry -- not how they say it. Nick Faldo grew up just a few miles from where I grew up myself, and to my ear he speaks in a perfectly acceptable Southern English accent.

p>Incidentally, what is this "slurry" accent he claims some Londoners speak? Does he mean Estuary? br> -- Martin Cornell br> Edenton Middy, Great Britain /p> p> With respect to Lawrence Henry's column, I'm puzzled by the reference to a London-area accent referred to as "slurry": br> /p>

To the Pygmalion audience, a glottal "t" indicated a yob. Today's Brits have adopted it as part of a kind of commercial London speech known as "slurry."

br> From the context, Mr. Henry seems to be referring to what is known as " Estuary English ."

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