I'm Somerset born and bred, yet i'm well spoken and don't sound like Justin Lee Collins.
People think i'm posh, I'm not. Just because I went to a shitty comp doesn't mean I can't be well mannered.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 14:15, 1 reply)

Ah but do remember dear chap
That being well spoken and well mannered are completely different things and don't always go hand in hand.......
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 14:24, closed)

Good point
I would say that I am well spoken and polite.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 14:28, closed)

There is also a difference between...
...being well spoken, and speaking English with a Received Pronounciation accent.

Most continuity announcers on Radio 4 are "well-spoken" yet have a variety of accents including Scottish and West Indian (and RP).

Melinda Messenger has a mostly RP accent (with a tinge of Swindoo) yet can barely string a sentence together. Jimmy Carr speaks textbook RP yet you wouldn't want him effing and blinding and making cock jokes at your nan's funeral, would you? (Ok, maybe you would. Weirdo.)

QED. What do I win?
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 17:22, closed)