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Anchors and Reporters.

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jeberdes83 Fri 10-Jun-16 14:39:48

Why does the BBC employ people with strong regional accents to be news anchors and/or reporters. Surely those with what I call "neutral" accents would be more suitable. Steph, I am sure is a very competent reporter, but a few elocution lessons would not come amiss.

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Indinana Fri 10-Jun-16 14:45:30

I think you're living about 50 years in the past. What is wrong with regional accents? They are what enriches a country, defines its wide cultural range. I love hearing the various sounds of local accents from around the UK. (With one or two exceptions, that is wink)

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kittylester Fri 10-Jun-16 14:49:14

I agree Indi! Well, apart from our local Lazy Leicestershire accent!

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jinglbellsfrocks Fri 10-Jun-16 14:50:43

That's a wind-up. grin

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Indinana Fri 10-Jun-16 14:52:00

Yes, that did occur to me too jings, after I'd hit the 'post' button!

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Elegran Fri 10-Jun-16 15:14:52

Neutral is just another word for received pronunciation, it is not neutral at all, but London-centric.

You could put it the opposite way round - "Why should the BBC programmes (or ones from any other channels) employ only news anchors and reporters with a bias toward "south-east speak" when their viewers and listeners don't all live in the south-east?"

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GandTea Fri 10-Jun-16 15:23:09

This has to be a wind up, regional accents/dialects are great, we don't want bland BBC accents.

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NotTooOld Fri 10-Jun-16 21:55:18

Do you remember when all BBC folk spoke in RP? It was horrible. Much nicer to hear regional accents.

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merlotgran Fri 10-Jun-16 22:05:02

Ah! That good old gransnet tradition of a late night wind-up has been revived. We haven't had one for yonks.

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