Commander I am not referring to accents but dialects. Like you I have lived in numerous places around England and have a "mongrel" accent at best. It is not accents I deem to be antiquated but local dialect which pertains to a small geographic area which, for the most part, is unintelligible to people not from that region. It is small minded, parochial, isolationist and is often, but not always, found in bigoted and prejudiced individuals. I am sure this will set tempers flaring but I would ask them what they would first think of if a "foreigner" i.e. a "cockney" moved next door to them. Bloody Southerner comes to mind. Light the blue touch paper, stand well back and watch the fireworks.