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Hello, police, El Reg here. Are we a bunch of terrorists now?

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The impression that I got was that the guy wasn't a sarf Londoner at all...the way he spoke gave me the firm impression that English was very much a second language because of his inflection and mispronunciations. Yes, there was a strong sarf London accent; so he had either spent some time in the UK or he learnt English from those who had. Or is a consumate actor. May even have an English passport, but I'd lay a few quid down on him not being born and raised in the UK.

And yet the UK papers (and El Reg, sadly) just go with "English accent" and stop there. That, and the PM saying "British Citizen". If your theory is correct, wouldn't they be emphasising the foreign-ness?

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