Ickle Dorritt, you brought up a very good point about accents and class distinction. Here in the U.S., some accents are also looked down upon by certain segments of our society. For instance, the southern U.S. accent has long been vilified up north, carrying the stereotype of stupidity and shiftlessness. By the same token, speak your Yankee accent in the south, and you will more than likely hear something disparaging from somebody, or worse.

I am from New Jersey, a northern state, and yet I have heard more than one or two remarks and seen more than one set of rolling eyeballs even in other northern states.

Just a shame that in this day and age this type of thing still hangs on in people.

Clifton53