[Mithalwen]

Gor Blimey Mary Poppins.....

I thinkI read somewhere that at first the Elves were meant to speak with an "accent" to show that Westron wasn't their language and then they decided against it.

I have to say though that although I liked the way he played Boromir, Sean Bean's Yorkshire accent jarred because Faramir and Denethor spoke standard English. It seemed a shame when they had picked actors who looked plausible as a family group, that they hadn't synchronised accents.