When I have used the term, it is to avoid that awful falsetto Dylanesque whine that so many performers put on.

As for not putting on an accent it is virtually impossible when you sing some songs. What would everyone sing on New Years Eve if it weren't for Auld Lang Syne?

And people from some remote parts of England wouldn't be able to sing anything that didn't originate within a few miles from where they grew up.

Now, let's all sing Manurah Manyah!