i was just about to post to the effect that there really should be no debate - the gekko has a cockney accent. but i see dafydd, above, already cleared that one up. he's right. there simply is no debate.

the amusing thing, as far as the "americans associate english accents with class" thought, is that a cockney accent is about as far from posh, oxbridge, queen's english as you can get.

all that said...whoever made the gekko a cockney is a genius, and the ads are tremendous.