The duet was embellished with stage-whispered solos …

He made a big name in the war. And since he's been in the ranger service he's done wonders.

"And now, childie, about your praying.

While there are some Cockney elements observable in northern English (such as /t/ fronting), other regions of Britain have manifested their own casualisations of RP towards the local vernaculars. So people talk of 'posh Geordie', 'posh Brummy', 'posh Scouse', 'posh Yorkshire Leeds' and so on […]