Pence

Ah i see. Thank you

Re 'One pence', I remember being aghast to hear the PM, the Boy Blair, use the expression in a parliamentary speech. It can only be either Nursery level humour, or downright ignorance... akin to wearing socks on both foots.

I don't get too stressed by 'pence' , rather it's double negatives that totally freak me out.

My English grammar never was that good, so most of these pass me by, except "more dearer" etc (whatever the term is for this type of error)
Oh and by the way I never don't put both foots into each socks.

Blair immediately adopted any turn of speech that made him sound uneducated. To conceal his impressively privileged background.

Yes, Lilygran, you're right - a bit like Nigel Kennedy adopting an estuary English accent.

But Nige is not only talented but very witty and he sticks to what he believes!

I am not troubled with how people speak, more interested in what they have to say

As long as you can understand them, and they can say what they mean to say!

And surely, if someone adopts an accent and language not natural to them, that tells you a lot about who they are.

Yes, but it could just be that they want to 'fit in', no ulterior motive.

(Not saying that's the case with politicians!)

Whatever the motivation, it tells you something about them, doesn't it?

Something, yes. Not necessarily a lot though.