Woe and alack indeed MtheGM! I too speak an approximation to RP, but my Grandad was a Durham miner, the maternal one a penniless Irish alcoholic with ten children. My parents worked hard all their lives (and I mean nearly ALL) and spoke in the broad accents of their birthplaces. I do hope nobody thinks of me as a snob, or 'posh', I was born to working class parents and see myself as 'educated working class', nothing more, nothing less. If I lived in London I'd certainly want to watch the Boat Race. My Dad taught me to row (he was in Air-Sea Rescue for a time) and if I'd felt like it, I might have rowed for my Uni! But I am just a fellow human-being, nothing special.