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JK2006

A totally incomprehensible BBC Correspondent 5 Years, 7 Months ago
from Westminster called Kevin someone - I think he was speaking Scottish but it could have been Russian. Subtitles please when people talk Scots, BBC. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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honey!oh sugar sugar.

Re:A totally incomprehensible BBC Correspondent 5 Years, 7 Months ago

And all the other strong accents. especially Shetland. I havent a hope in hell of following Shetland.
I wish a portable translator was available come to think of it.

Didn't it work best when we all modified our accents at times so we could be understood?
Now if you say "Sorry I didnt catch that" they go into full victim-hood.

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Barney

Re:A totally incomprehensible BBC Correspondent 5 Years, 7 Months ago
Do we think then that UK broadcasters shouldn't have local accents? By definition - any media outlet, when employing an reporter, will have tested for broad comprehension. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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JK2006

Re:A totally incomprehensible BBC Correspondent 5 Years, 7 Months ago
It's like women. For the majority women broadcasters are fine. But those of us who age and tend to lose high and mid range frequencies (Kenneth) they are almost impossible to hear. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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Barney

Re:A totally incomprehensible BBC Correspondent 5 Years, 7 Months ago

Communication and comprehension are helped by a good voice, resonance, tone and diction.

The really great ones - Kronkite and Rather, for example - didn't know or care about these aspects.

People just wanted to know what they said and thought.

Naturals both - just being themselves, live to the US, a couple of hours after waking up.

Frost was our closest...

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honey!oh sugar sugar.

Re:A totally incomprehensible BBC Correspondent 5 Years, 7 Months ago

Barney wrote:
Do we think then that UK broadcasters shouldn't have local accents?

By definition - any media outlet, when employing an reporter, will have tested for broad comprehension.

Oh I like accents, I have one myself.
But there is a difference between a regional burr and complete garble. (although the worst are usually given jobs in call centres)

Do you have an accent?

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#180725

Re:A totally incomprehensible BBC Correspondent 5 Years, 7 Months ago
I think there's a difference between diction and accent. People with regional accents can still speak clearly, or not, just as those who think their accents are superior. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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