Regional accents- the last straw.

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  • James Wonnacott
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 248

    Regional accents- the last straw.

    Alan Davey says Radio 3 is a cultural channel offering more than just music as he unveils new drama slate and plans for regional accents on air

    On the one hand he says he wants it to be more like the Third Programme, then he says he wants regional accents????
    And if by "Highbrow Discussions" he means the boring nonsense we had at the weekend then I'm off.
    I have a medical condition- I am fool intolerant.
  • MrGongGong
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 18357

    #2
    Shut the door behind you matey.

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    • DracoM
      Host
      • Mar 2007
      • 12954

      #3
      Got to agree about the Tom Service led nonsense over the weekend 'residency' in a 'pop-up studio'.
      Yes, both terms used to trail it all ENDLESSLY.
      And just apparently inchoate bits of music slapped together betwen talk that made it sound uncomfortably like one of those April Fools Day gags R3 used to do.

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      • Eine Alpensinfonie
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 20568

        #4
        Originally posted by french frank View Post

        Who cares about the accents? it's what people say.
        Precisely. Tokenism is stupid.

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        • Beef Oven!
          Ex-member
          • Sep 2013
          • 18147

          #5
          Originally posted by french frank View Post
          Who cares about the accents? it's what people say.
          What people say is of the highest importance, but it would be nice if we had 'high' English, at least somewhere, as well as what they say.

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          • jean
            Late member
            • Nov 2010
            • 7100

            #6
            Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
            Tokenism is stupid.
            What do you mean by 'tokenism'?

            Unless I misunderstand, you do care about the accents.

            Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
            ...it would be nice if we had 'high' English, at least somewhere...
            A category unknown to phoneticists!

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            • Beef Oven!
              Ex-member
              • Sep 2013
              • 18147

              #7
              Originally posted by jean View Post

              A category unknown to phoneticists!
              Hurrah! They can keep out of it then.

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              • MrGongGong
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 18357

                #8
                Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                What people say is of the highest importance, but it would be nice if we had 'high' English, at least somewhere, as well as what they say.

                "High" English?? this isn't Oregon maaaaan

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                • Beef Oven!
                  Ex-member
                  • Sep 2013
                  • 18147

                  #9
                  Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
                  "High" English?? this isn't Oregon maaaaan


                  I spent a long time in Oregon in 1974 and I will say, it's not England.

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                  • teamsaint
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 25190

                    #10
                    I assumed that Beefy!! knew what he was talking about, and that High English was just a bit better than Middle English.
                    I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                    I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                    • teamsaint
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 25190

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post


                      I spent a long time in Oregon in 1974 and I will say, it's not England.
                      ah, but that was 40 years ago......its probably like Shoreditch now....
                      I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                      I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                      • jean
                        Late member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 7100

                        #12
                        Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
                        "High" English?? this isn't Oregon maaaaan
                        Nor is it German.

                        The terms Hochdeutsch and Plattdeutsch are I think strictly geographhical in origin (gurnemanz will know) though I'm told the first has been commandeered by the linguistic snobs to mean something like Beefy's high English.

                        Brian Sewell, thou shouldst be living at this hour...

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                        • french frank
                          Administrator/Moderator
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 30205

                          #13
                          Very "Telegraph" to concentrate on the 'accents' point (which was mentioned in the final paragraph of the story but has rather more coverage here).

                          On reviews (and possibly general arts coverage?) the Telegraph may have a better reputation than the Guardian; but on this occasion the Guardian coverage is serious (like much of the proposed new programming), the Telegraph is lightweight.
                          Last edited by french frank; 02-10-15, 09:56.
                          It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                            Gone fishin'
                            • Sep 2011
                            • 30163

                            #14
                            Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                            ... High English was just a bit better than Middle English.
                            Really?

                            I love Chaucer
                            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                            • french frank
                              Administrator/Moderator
                              • Feb 2007
                              • 30205

                              #15
                              I will start a separate thread on the content of the new programming
                              It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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