Oxford English

Some people say Oxford English is the most standard English. Is that right? What is Oxford English after all?

This used to be the term for 'proper' English in the UK - people at Oxford University were supposed to speak the best English of all. This is no longer true. Most regional accents are now acceptable - some almost desirable. Today, however, if you need to define one type of UK English as the 'best', then perhaps 'BBC English' would be the chosen term.

I have to disagree emphatically with James here. It's a well-known fact that Oxford, the city of the gleaming spires, is the centre of all that's worthy, good and linguistically perfect in the English-speaking world. Even better, the Dark Blues really stuck it to those low-browed knuckle-dragging fenlanders last weekend. There clearly *is* a God.