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Originally Posted by Daktari
The Grant fella is an oik when you watch/listen to proper 'plummy' or RP English. Best example I can think of is in a film such as Anthony Asquith's The Importance of Being Earnest [1952]...the one with the inimitable Dame Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell and Micheal Redgrave as Ernest. Now *that's* RP!
If you're a Wilde fan then this version is a must see.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044744/news?ref_=tt_nwr_sm
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But seriously, I had to look up "oik" too.
So Hugh Grant's not a good example? And you don't like him?
