>>>>>Whats your native accent John ?
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>>>>>Combination of John Cleese and Barry Humphries? ;-)
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>>>>In, or out of, drag?
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>>>I don't think John Cleese really has John Cleese's accent. He was born and grew up in Weston Super Mare in Somerset so he should have a west country accent not BBC posh.
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>>It's like watching U.S. news shows out of places like New York or the midwest. None of them have a local accent. They all sound like Canadians.
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>Does that mean that Canadians are regarded as "well spoken" in the US a bit like BBC English is regarded as "well spoken" here.

I think it means that we have what might be considered a middle of the road, non partisan accent.