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PETER HITCHENS: Plummy voices like mine are dying out and I believe we could also be dropping one thing vital

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Snobbery has been a terrible curse in this country. And if the toning down of accents helps to get rid of snobbery, then that is a good thing.

But we might also be losing something important. There is a beauty and depth in the RP accent, whether it is someone reading the news or playing Hamlet on the stage.

I can see why some people resent plummy English voices like mine, but we’ll be sorry when they are no longer heard.

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