Speaking as a Brit, I think Americans try too hard sometimes :-) We have a multitude of staggeringly different dialects here in the UK, certainly more than the generic upper-class and cockney stereotypes (Lady Penelope and Parker, anyone? Or Dick Van Dyke in "Mary Poppins"? :-D) The only way is to listen and study... try British TV exports for example. But don't try too hard guys, we're all so different after all :-) The one accent that REALLY made me cringe and want to throw plates was Jonesy's "possessed" alter ego in the recent Dreamcatcher movie... I don't know of anyone over here who speaks like that, and if anyone does they're in a serious minority. It's such a clich and characters like that perpetuate the myth for Americans. Shame really :-D Okay guys, don't take that as a rant, just my penny worth :-D

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Standing by the light of the Auricle portal, the misshapen mother was willing to sacrifice the reptilian foetus she had been sustaining even outside of her body. The cord still attached, her face betrayed sorrow and resignation. Her heart shone as it was about to break. Among her, the hair crops swayed gently in the subterranean breeze, regardless.

Again mine is more prose than poetry, but what the hell, it's my first entry in this forum :-)