This may seem like a small thing to you...

...but people in Yorkshire take their accents seriously. William McCartney- Moore is an eight year old who had to undergo brain surgery after contracting a rare strand of meningitis. After the surgery his mental state had regressed to that of a two year old. When he finally recovered it was found that he had dropped his hard, northern accent for something a bit more posh. This may not go down well with his mates.

The husband of a friend of mine was originally from Wakefield. Despite having lived in London and the Southeast for about fifteen years now he still sounds to me like the hard Northerner that I first met. However when he's back home his mates always make fun of his (indiscernible to me) London accent with "don't Rob talk posh now?"

I hope young William's mates are more understanding.