Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
over the last fortnight the bbc have recieved a number of complaints about a childrens programe yes you heard right a childrens programe.the offending programe is called rastamouse,all caracters speak with a jamican accent,the complant was that it could give our little darlings a bad inpresion and to start speaking like them.
in my opinion these people need to get a life.who knows there little ruperts might have a best friend who is a rastaferian.
what do forumites think,discuss.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I agree totally.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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BRIAN/
I was raised on bill and ben and the likes, not an english word spoken
but i turned out ok(or did i lol)
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
Using the daft argument given by the complainants...............
Those of my generation should all be speaking with the old BBC accent that we heard when we were young.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Unless the rastarodents are falling over juiced out on the ganja I fail to see why these would perpetuate stereotypes..............
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I have seen Rastamouse and think it's actually very good. It always has a positive message about doing the right thing. I read about a complaint from a woman who said that her child was 'damaged' because he was now sometimes saying "waguan" (What's going on.) I was brought up watching the Clangers and Scooby Doo. I whistled occasionally and said "Scooby Scooby dooo". Yes it obviously affected me a great deal in later life!
"Clangers-fed addition to kazoo frenzy " - a Daily Mail headline coming on I think........
Flobabdob. Weeeeeed.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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then there was andy pany lol
finger bobs
blimey
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
the main complaints have come from white middle england on the grounds that it is offensive to black people.
there have been no complaints from black people, i have seen the programme whilst child sitting and it is quite hilarious.
the main theme from the characters is spreading peace around.
Guest 666- Registered: 25 Mar 2008
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PC gone crazy as you say, but certain catchphrases from children's TV do stay with me, such as: 'Anything can happen in the next half-hour'from Stingray and that rather scary ending to the Magic Roundabout...'Time for bed'.
But I cannot recall my accent changing due to StarTrek or The Virginian!!
We all pick up influences here and there and make our own judgements without the nanny state.
I have been known to drive down the M20 with the kids with a certain tune playing on the car stereo quoting..'when this baby hits 88miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious s**t' oooer! But of course we never reach that speed and the flux-capacitor doesn't kick in...shame.
Oh Boy!, That'll be the day.........
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
- Posts: 2,096
I spent most of my schooldays in north Derbyshire, and amongst mates we spoke Derbyshire Tup - "Ay up, astha dayin'?" translated into BBC English as "Hello old chap, how are you keeping?" - but at school and formally we spoke proper English.
Now I'm getting old and cranky I tend to get annoyed by lazy English, especially what I thought was a modern trend of replacing 'have' with 'of', as in "he could of done that" but I've just read The Great Gatsby and found the same written in there in 1926 - it would be interesting to find if they were linguistically linked or independently came about.
There's a great Pete Seeger song called All Mixed Up on this subject, I can't remember all of it but will try to find the lyrics online.
Guest 662- Registered: 18 Mar 2008
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Seriously
My two grew up with the Teletubbies and Pingu - I rest my case xx
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Ray
Where abouts in Derbyshire I owned a house in Chapel en le Frith ,just outside Buxton ,in the late 70's
Marek
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Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
Silly me, I thought it was about DSG.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Marek My wife and I lived in Friar Grove Buxton owned the little black and white shop just opposite buxton Railway Station first shop going into town and the last one on leaving.it was a little news agents many a happy day there. and my childhoods best show was the wooden tops.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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Marek, I lived in Dronfield, between Sheffield and Chesterfield, right on the edge of the industrial areas. I used to do a lot of moor walking so know your old area and Buxton well.
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TERRY
What does DSG stand for?
RAY & ALAN
I take it you know the unique Blue John Mine and other caverns.Lovely countryside.
Marek
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Obviously the complaints are silly but.... I do think it is a shame that the west indian forms of speech are spreading so widely that other accents are being lost. I rather like regional accents, though our Dover one is not particularly pretty.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Accents are all we have left that identifies us with specific area of the UK as High Streets all contain similar outlets with identical fronts..go anywhere and you'll recognise a McD's,Claires Accessories,WHSmiths MnS etc. We've lost that individuality of different shops that made visiting other towns so interesting.Now you can walk down Dover High ST or Blackburn High St and you wouldn.t notice any difference.
Marek
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
great memories of chapel, lovely little place with great countryside.
as i remember the ony problem was through traffic.