Terry Nunn
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- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#1
I'm afraid that once again we have a trail on the beeb that has the phrase "Wot kinda story are we talkin".
It makes me cringe. Am I a snob?
Terry
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#2
you are no snob terry,maybe a bit pi55ed of,dont let then get to you.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#3
i would like to know more detail, particularly the context in which it was used.
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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#4
It's a trailer for the idea of involving schools in news gathering.
Terry
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Guest 1230- Registered: 15 Mar 2014
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#5
Wonder what Lord Reith would have had to say on the matter?
I'd like to agree with you but then we would both be wrong!!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#6
i suppose the next stage will be txt spk.
nothing more embarrassing than adults trying to appear "cool to da kids", the bbc should know better.
they seem to have forgotten their remit about education not just with this issue but most of their output is now dumbed down despite ratings not being important to them. even their flagship radio 3 is under fire for trying to compete with their commercial rivals.
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#7
It is a particularly awful promo. if the kids are aspiring to be journalist then it completely gives out the wrong message. The grim street Americanisation of almost everything nowadays is very depressing. Proper English usage is required in journalism, what you do as a journalist after that depends very much on the organisation you work for.
But on the other hand...
Writer Martin Amis did a programme on BBC Four the other night, talking about Englishness and times past. He spoke about his father Kingsley Amis, remembering when he did his first interview with the BBC many years ago. Martin was just a boy then...and when he saw his father on TV speaking in that equally horrible clipped way that used to be the mode of operation for the BBC in those days...he didn't recognise him at all. And cringed with embarrassment..
"He didn't speak like that at home" said Martin. But when you went on TV in those days you had to do it. Speak like you had an ongoing strangling hernia. Standards had to be maintained..but looking back they were terribly phoney standards.
So we have gone full circle. From that horrible clipped English speak of yore...Dis iz the Bee Bee Ceee..
to street Americanisation.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#8
fair point paul but we used to look up to the ones that spoke with a "plum in their mouth" whilst i doubt that today's yoof would respect a middle aged presenter trying to be a "hip dude".