smudge wrote:
Ah well. I sort of have an Essex accent. I don't sound like the people off "The Only Way is Essex" though, thankfully! I think the only reason I hate that accent so much is because of the way some Essex celebs on the TV speak. People like Jordan and Jodie Marsh sound very thick. I just still don't get how people like my sister, who is the complete opposite of me, look up to Jordan and think she's a business woman. I guess though, if you had the choice of working like hell to become rich, or to flaunt your body...the latter would make more sense.
The essex accent isn't that bad (it's even relatively nice, nicer than the Oxfordshire and Bristolian accents, that's a fact. The Bristol accent is just horribad) - although, being in the southwest means you rarely get to hear it. Seems like people move to London and not through London and on to the other side
Also, y'know... some people just become famous with what they have. Kudos to them for managing to become famous using temporary (and totally useless) values and a huge dose of egoism and all that. Honestly, though, I don't know about the rest of the world, but I'd rather work like hell and not get much recognition, but to know that the work that I do might be important/crucial to someone else, rather than getting some easy fame for something as pointless as looks. Might just be me and my odd sense of values, though.
Sorry about the rant. It just makes no sense to me how some people can turn out to be mass population idols when, in reality, they haven't done anything to further the lives of anyone else.