More Streets Stuff

At the risk of becoming The Streets fansite, there is an article off of the CBC site about how British artists are more and more performing with their accents. In my naivite, I thought people sang in this kind of 'universal accent'. Like Phil Collins. Your favourite artist. The words/phrases I've learned since listening to The Streets/Dizzee Rascal: chuffed, geezer, radge, Day-Vay-Day, nowt, to validate one's wages, fit, "th" sounds like "f".