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The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« on: 11 April 2010, 22:15:32 »
After my rant about the BPC on an earlier topic I have another issue on the BBC. After all we all pay for the priviledge.
In the news etc etc.. Why do the newsreaders/presenters add an "r" to a word or noun? For example "Fionar" Bruce, "Moirar" Stewart, I "sawr" it.. what is that? ffs?
Oh! and you will be wondering about Julia Bradbury. When she was on one of her wanderings, she claimed she was staying in a tent overnight wherever. In actual fact she was sometimes coptered out to a very nice hotel. I was in a particular hotel when she was eh..supposedly under canvas! Nice one!  :y
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Re: The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« Reply #1 on: 11 April 2010, 22:18:52 »
I wish I had as much time as you! lol
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Re: The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« Reply #2 on: 11 April 2010, 22:22:10 »
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I wish I had as much time as you! lol
Ah! but I was working. Just staying in the particular hotel. She does like a malt whisky by the way. LOL  :D
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Re: The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« Reply #3 on: 11 April 2010, 23:12:50 »
Julia Bradbury  :-?
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Re: The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« Reply #4 on: 12 April 2010, 16:25:28 »
must admit, the media seemed to struggle over how to pronounce Kirkcaldy when the PM was there ::)

i think i heard 3 different versions on the beeb alone! didn't they used to have a department for pronunciation?

Kirk-Coll-Day
Kirk-Kal-Day
Kirk-Cold-Day

blimey, it's just as well he didn't visit Milngavie and Bearsden  ;D
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Re: The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« Reply #5 on: 12 April 2010, 17:00:33 »
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After my rant about the BPC on an earlier topic I have another issue on the BBC. After all we all pay for the priviledge.
In the news etc etc.. Why do the newsreaders/presenters add an "r" to a word or noun? For example "Fionar" Bruce, "Moirar" Stewart, I "sawr" it.. what is that? ffs?
Oh! and you will be wondering about Julia Bradbury. When she was on one of her wanderings, she claimed she was staying in a tent overnight wherever. In actual fact she was sometimes coptered out to a very nice hotel. I was in a particular hotel when she was eh..supposedly under canvas! Nice one!  :y


Think yourself lucky they aren't Bristolian news readers! ::) ::) ::)

Then it would be an 'l' after a word ending in 'a', i.e. :

"area"  becomes "areal"
"idea" becomes "ideal"
"Cortina" was always "Cortinal"
"Sweda", a make of cash register was always "Swedal"
etc, etc!   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Re: The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« Reply #6 on: 12 April 2010, 18:02:16 »
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After my rant about the BPC on an earlier topic I have another issue on the BBC. After all we all pay for the priviledge.
In the news etc etc.. Why do the newsreaders/presenters add an "r" to a word or noun? For example "Fionar" Bruce, "Moirar" Stewart, I "sawr" it.. what is that? ffs?
Oh! and you will be wondering about Julia Bradbury. When she was on one of her wanderings, she claimed she was staying in a tent overnight wherever. In actual fact she was sometimes coptered out to a very nice hotel. I was in a particular hotel when she was eh..supposedly under canvas! Nice one!  :y


Think yourself lucky they aren't Bristolian news readers! ::) ::) ::)

Then it would be an 'l' after a word ending in 'a', i.e. :

"area"  becomes "areal"
"idea" becomes "ideal"
"Cortina" was always "Cortinal"
"Sweda", a make of cash register was always "Swedal"
etc, etc!   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)

Ooarr! I's been down in that area Lizzie. Our office used to be down in Cheltenaaam!  ::)
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Re: The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« Reply #7 on: 12 April 2010, 18:39:05 »
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must admit, the media seemed to struggle over how to pronounce Kirkcaldy when the PM was there ::)

i think i heard 3 different versions on the beeb alone! didn't they used to have a department for pronunciation?

Kirk-Coll-Day
Kirk-Kal-Day
Kirk-Cold-Day

blimey, it's just as well he didn't visit Milngavie and Bearsden  ;D

Kir-cod-dy?

And as for Kirkcudbright..... :D
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« Reply #8 on: 12 April 2010, 18:49:50 »
I thought the BBC stood for English that we can all understand. Try listening to Radio 4, they have a (I guess Afro Caribbean) link guy on there, and I can't understand a word he says. In fact he did ther shipping forecast the other day, and how the hell our local fishermen knew what the bloody weather was like is a mystery to me.
For gods sake old boy what are we coming to. :(
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Re: The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« Reply #9 on: 12 April 2010, 19:07:56 »
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blimey, it's just as well he didn't visit Milngavie and Bearsden  ;D

Todmorden & Bacup are two around here that they can't pronounce either  :y
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Re: The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« Reply #10 on: 12 April 2010, 19:49:23 »
They're not very good with SLAITHWAITE, or GOLCAR either!! Huddersfield.
( Slouwit, and Gocar)
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Re: The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« Reply #11 on: 12 April 2010, 19:54:31 »
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must admit, the media seemed to struggle over how to pronounce Kirkcaldy when the PM was there ::)

i think i heard 3 different versions on the beeb alone! didn't they used to have a department for pronunciation?

Kirk-Coll-Day
Kirk-Kal-Day
Kirk-Cold-Day

blimey, it's just as well he didn't visit Milngavie and Bearsden  ;D
Apparently at one point the name was going to be changed to "What's that f***ing smell ???"  ;D ;)   

See from 4:15 here (NWS): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4B2v6O5AMY

"A Roman and only one ?!?"   ;D ;D
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Re: The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« Reply #12 on: 12 April 2010, 19:57:47 »
Julia Bradbury.....I would!
Ding dong dang doo!!! :D

I hate the way people on BBC radio 1 (OK< perhaps just Scott Mills) says "So-and-so off of Wells in Somerset"
WTFF is that all about?
And Ann Robinson saying "Thousant" - it's "Thousand", you dim bint!

Bah 'eck, woon day, peepul will arl tork propper...........
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Re: The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« Reply #13 on: 12 April 2010, 20:16:04 »
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Bah 'eck, woon day, peepul will arl tork propper...........

Like wot they do in Yarkshire?  ::)  ;)  ;D
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Re: The BBC, The English Language and Julia Bradbury!
« Reply #14 on: 12 April 2010, 23:28:27 »
So where was JB sleeping then?

And how come she hasn't been snapped up yet?
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