to wish I had a BBC accent?

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Watching the coverage of the rescue of the miners and wishing I could get away with "vay" instead of "verry" (very).

I am a true Geordie and therefore, instead of sounding like a socialite, sound like an scullery maid from Catherine Cookson

Wouldn't mind either, might liven things up a bit

YABU. BBC accents are a dime a dozen. Scullery maids - far more interesting.

the phrase galloping consumption literally made me laugh so hard at work the entire office is looking at me like i'm a freak..

Nerdy, I remember chuckling when I read that in a Cookson book (The Mallen Streak?) when I was a teenager, to the point where I got to that giggly stage when you're not sure if you're laughing or crying. My mum thought I had lost the plot ...