On 4/6/07, Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It is called the mid Atlantic accent, common with people who move
> between the two countries frequently, like actors. But I don't know
> where Cleese is from. He could sound like the people he grew up and
> went to school with.
Cleese was born in Somerset, attended Clifton College in Bristol from
which he was expelled because of a prank involving a statue, painted
footsteps and a toilet.
BTW, his family name is alleged to have been Cheese until his father
changed it to Cleese upon being inducted into the army during WW1.
ScottGee1
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