So - have you been told that you have an accent?

I have an accent - like every human being does. Specifically, I like my drinks shaken, not stirred if you catch my drift >_>. When i'm happy or otherwise being loud, i'll break into a far more local Shropshire accent that some americans confuse with a London accent for some strange reason. I also find myself subconciously adapting my accent to match the people around me depending on which part of the country i'm in; it is a reflex that has evolved I think to help people with very thick local accents understand me better.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Alice

not that my accent is nice or genteel

Wrong and wrong. Anyway, I think most accents sound nice, even attractive, if they are not so overpowering that you can't understand what the person is saying. Accents I can't stand are few and far between, but apart from my own (it's not really distinctive enough) there's the Newcastle accent and Cockney. Even worse is the new Cockney-Gangsta hybrid that kids use these days. You know, white kids speaking in a "black" way to be cool and just sounding really stupid.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

As far as I know, you only find Cockneys in London; it's a UK thing but you guys have the same sort of people over there too, i've no doubt about that.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.