Quite distinct from received pronunciation or BBC English, hyperlect now sounds, in our more egalitarian sonic society, affected and outdated, and has largely been abandoned by the younger generation in favour of a more neutral version, either based on radio and television speak, the over-voice of documentaries, what used to be called 'speaking nicely', or a version of so-called Estuary English.

Consequently, as I didn't much fancy shagging someone's granny or risking getting arrested by hitting on a schoolgirl ― indisputably gorgeous though some of them were ― I had gone shagless for the past few months.

I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis.

Its easy saying people with a season ticket are priveliged and whinging about them, and I think they are lucky, but the time spent cry arsing about it could be spent trying to get tickets through other means.