It’s like any sort of accent; I’m sure that if they were to hear a native Texan who grew up in River Oaks or Highland Park, and a native Texan who grew up in a trailer park somewhere outside of Lufkin, they wouldn’t really draw much of a distinction between them either. But you and I could probably very easily tell who was the person from the wealthy area vs. the trailer park.
Same thing for people within the UK or other countries; if you’ve been exposed to it, the accent differences are fairly distinct, but if you’re not, it’s hard to make out. I can tell most UK accents apart, but I’m at a total loss for Australia/New Zealand; I can usually tell whether someone is from one or the other country, but not anything to do with class or ethnicity.
Concur wholeheartedly. I could tell the difference between Oldham and central Manchester (7 miles apart), because I worked with people from both places and learned to hear the differences
From a working class family Mick Fleming was a drug dealer and enforcer until a serious breakdown precipitated by a religious revelation put paid to all that.
A chance meeting with a tutor at the University of Manchester led to a degree in theology. It was tough at first - without much of an education Mick struggled to read and write, and was diagnosed with dyslexia and dyspraxia. He failed his first year, but with hard work and support from the university, he eventually achieved a 2:1 degree.
So Mick’s accent, like himself, is not at all usual for a cleric in the UK.