Dave Gee! wrote:
Also...
Actually, Andy is a local-yokel from Eastman, GA. He just fakes a UK accent to sound all distinguished. More inside info from THE BLOG!
Probably because of this:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6470095.stm
A cut glass English accent can fool unsuspecting Americans into detecting a "brilliance that isn't there", says Stephen Fry. So is a British accent - of any variety - the route to success in the United States?