Indeed there is, but he then went off on an ill-judged rant about Estuary English, which spoiled his argument a bit.

I think George Bernard Shaw's observation (in the preface to Pygamlion) is better. "It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him".

Shaw, with a little help from Loerner and Lowe

"An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him,
The moment he talks he makes some other
Englishman despise him.
One common language I'm afraid we'll never get.
Oh, why can't the English learn to set
A good example to people whose
English is painful to your ears?
The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears.
There even are places where English completely
disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years!"


Why Can't The English