Private pupils use mockney accent to seem less posh, says ex-head of Harrow

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is The Guardian short of real things to write about? No wonder sales are dropping

Hard to Adam and Eve it

'Arra, surely?

Cultural appropriation.

'Arra, surely? 😜

Lost for words..m

Adaptability, inginuity. Genius! money well spent.

Self preservation

Been happening for at least 20 years. Why is this in the news?

If politicians are the product of our university education then I am glad I didn't attend

If he’s think they sound bad wandering around the school corridors, he should hear them when they start poncing around Hackney!

Bollocks. The 'posh' accent is a wholly contrived, fake accent so that people of a certain social condition believe they can differentiate themselves from those who they consider inferior.

And it is very irritating

Cor blimey guv’nor

We know.

Weirdos

God, I feel so sorry for those public school kids. As if their lives weren't already hard enough.

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