Re: Accent

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 21:43:00 +0000, cbh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Chris
Hedley) wrote:

>According to -Whitewolf(Ray) <rayh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
>> I'm with you...  Reading a story on the BBC website lately about a
re****ter
>> for BBC world news that was fired because her accent was considered
"too
>> posh."    I rather like the posh BBC accent..  Also it's very clear and
easy
>> to understand...  Wonder who'll they'll get to replace her?  Probably
some
>> Scouser or  Gordie from Newcastle that nobody can understand!  Mind you
I
>> like the Gordie accent too so that mightn't be too bad, wont' have a
clue
>> what the news is, but I'd enjoy trying to figure it out! :-)
>
>I think I'm inclined to agree; they used to use RP and should have just
>left it be, really.  Only people complained, because it sounded "snobby"
>as nobody spoke RP so next thing you knew is that loads of Cockneys were
>to be heard waffling away.  Then it was too London-centric so before you
>knew it the airwaves were full of Scousers and Geordies with nary an RP
>or Cockney accent to be heard.  Coincidentally, such was the exodus of
>Geordie-speakers to national TV and radio that the region's TV announcers
>all spoke some version of RP or "estuary;" I knew something was badly
>wrong when I visited late last year and even Mike Neville had lost his
>accent and had stopped larking about in the middle of news programmes.
>Anyway, that's all old news, the Scots have taken over the airwaves now.
>
>Chris.

The Scots are taking over Britain!  :-)

Ray
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