Aunty loses her voice.

[Bryn]

What will they find to fill the niche?

[BBMmk2]

Worth every penny of the licence fee(not! :) )

[Pabmusic]

What is The Voice? Is it a magazine?

[Cockney Sparrow]

I think its the low life "The Voice" X factor type Sat evening show on BBC 1. Whiitingdale criticises BBC for buying, at expense the format to extend its attempt to dominate the schedule. Sec of State criticises, the BBC obliges:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34756063

Of course, if the BBC wasn't competing in that genre, it would be criticised for not delivering the goods to licence payers.......they can get them both ways.

BTW, I sympathise with your question, I usually quickly pass over cryptic threads/posts........

[Hornspieler]

If that's how the BBC spell "Auntie", it's no loss.

[french frank]

If that's how the BBC spell "Auntie", it's no loss.

OED gives both! The word has undergone enough changes since Latin amita I don't suppose we should be too fussy.

Btw, the thread title attracted me to read this thread first - I thought the BBC had gone off air for a significant time, and wondered why …

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

OED gives both! The word has undergone enough changes since Latin amita I don't suppose we should be too fussy.

But what about the odd spelling of "niece"?

[mercia]

I thought the "poaching" of ideas went on all the time, which is why one gets such similar programmes on all channels

[MrGongGong]

What is The Voice? Is it a magazine?

YES

http://www.voice-online.co.uk/

(has been for many years)

oh and

http://www.countrywidesupplies.co.uk/the-voice-magazine/4580676447

http://www.volvoce.com/DEALERS/EN-GB/VCEGB/NEWSMEDIA/THE-VOICE-MAGAZINE-VOLVO/PAGES/THE-VOICE-MAGAZINE-VOLVO-CONSTRUCTION-EQUIPMENT.ASPX

http://www.faw.org.uk/TheVoice.ink

take your pick

[MrGongGong]

I thought the "poaching" of ideas went on all the time, which is why one gets such similar programmes on all channels

"The Great British Poach Off"

Either about the Grundy's or Egg cuisine ?

[Pabmusic]

YES

http://www.voice-online.co.uk/

(has been for many years)

oh and

http://www.countrywidesupplies.co.uk/the-voice-magazine/4580676447

http://www.volvoce.com/DEALERS/EN-GB/VCEGB/NEWSMEDIA/THE-VOICE-MAGAZINE-VOLVO/PAGES/THE-VOICE-MAGAZINE-VOLVO-CONSTRUCTION-EQUIPMENT.ASPX

http://www.faw.org.uk/TheVoice.ink

take your pick

Thanks.

[vinteuil]

But what about the odd spelling of "niece"?

... took me a while, but - ho ho

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

[Pulcinella]

... took me a while, but - ho ho

Still lost on me, I fear!

[ahinton]

Whichever way "aunty/ie" is spelt in the context of BBC, its application to that august institution is surely of such a sexist un-PC nature that it should have been pensioned off years ago?