[Lalwendë]

Some time ago I read that Sean Astin's West Country accent in the films was 'bad'. I have since listened to it and to my shame I can't detect much wrong. Are there any West Country folks on here who could confirm it's authenticity? Or am I too stuck in my Northern ways and ignorant of such matters?

For me, I am anything but snobby about accents, I love them and refuse to lose mine because it's part of me and where I am from. Though I do have to offer thanks to Peter Kay for bringing it mainstream, as now a few more people do actually understand half of what I'm saying. What I do object to is when film/programme makers use a kind of ubiquitous Northern accent. I've been watching North and South which is a great adaptation seriously let down by intermingling of too many different northern accents in one town.