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From: chas@ihuxe.UUCP (Charles Lambert)
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Subject: Re: 'Jewel', British India, and us
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Date: Mon, 18-Mar-85 18:52:43 EST
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> I meant two things here: one, the class system among the British that
> denies opportunity to those who were born to the wrong parents, went to the
> wrong school, have the wrong accent, and so on. I have British friends who
> are resigned to never being 'somebody' because of their accents.

I do not want to spawn a lengthy and inappropriate discussion in this group
about British cultural quirks; merely to observe that the above remarks are,
today, over simplistic and that the "friends" referred to should listen more
closely to the plethora of undisguised regional accents in all seats of
power and influence in British life.

Charlie Lambert @ the Death Star, Illinois.