Editing Estuary English (section)

==Use==
Estuary English is widely encountered throughout southeast England, particularly among the young. It is considered to be a [[working-class]] accent,{{citation needed | date=January 2022}} although often used by the lower middle classes too. In the debate that surrounded a 1993 article about Estuary English, a London businessman claimed that RP was perceived as unfriendly, so Estuary English was now preferred for commercial purposes.<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Crystal|2003|p=327}}</ref> 
Some adopt the accent as a means of "blending in" to appear to be more working class or in an attempt to appear to be "a common man". That affectation of the accent is sometimes derisively referred to as "[[Mockney]]". A move away from traditional RP accents is almost universal among middle-class young people in the South-East of England.<ref>{{cite web |last=Crystal |first=David |title=RP and its successors |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/yourvoice/feature2_4.shtml |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 April 2011 }}</ref>