It is called the mid Atlantic accent, common with people who move
between the two countries frequently, like actors. But I don't know
where Cleese is from. He could sound like the people he grew up and
went to school with. Assumption that there is a single British accent
is a mistake.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Apr 6, 2007, at 8:34 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> Cleese sounds to me like a Murkin trying to sound like Winston
> Churchill, who was also a Murkin (sort of -- if your mother is, you
> is) trying to sound like something only God knows what.
>
> Joel W.
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