How long before we start seeing strong Northern or foreign accented presenters on the news?

MikeTheNative said:
As a few others have said, if you had a presenter with a very strong regional accent some people may not understand what they are saying. The much more neutral southern tone is better as most people can understand that.
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Sorry but that's utter *******! You get people with strong accents in the South too as well. The people on the news don't sound like people from Kent or Essex to me. For newsreaders you do want people who can speak clearly, fair enough but intelligent people can always speak clearly with a regional dialect if they so want - Steph from BBC Breakfast for one.
 
TrixiBuG said:
Was about to +1 this but then I read the above

Is that an example 'proper' English lol!? Although (to my shame) I read it in my head as "doz my 'ed in" :o
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As a retort then; since when in correct English does one start a sentence with "Was", that would be "I was", so who is worse? ;)

Besides, I'm not presenting anything. Sayings are sayings. Would you use it in any correspondence professionally? No. I'm not sure here counts as that though.
 
randomshenans said:
As a retort then; since when in correct English does one start a sentence with "Was", that would be "I was", so who is worse? ;)

Besides, I'm not presenting anything. Sayings are sayings. Would you use it in any correspondence professionally? No. I'm not sure here counts as that though.
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I was pulling your leg :) and like I mentioned, I even read it as "doz my 'ed in". No harm intended

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Lysander said:
Careful, you nearly broke your syllable limit.
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You on the other hand...you're just being rude now, and unnecessary
 
scorza said:
Sorry but that's utter *******! You get people with strong accents in the South too as well. The people on the news don't sound like people from Kent or Essex to me. For newsreaders you do want people who can speak clearly, fair enough but intelligent people can always speak clearly with a regional dialect if they so want - Steph from BBC Breakfast for one.
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I know that there are some strong accents in the south and they probably will not get a chance, like I said people with strong regional accents (Includes all of Britain)
 
TrixiBuG said:
I was pulling your leg :) and like I mentioned, I even read it as "doz my 'ed in". No harm intended

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You on the other hand...you're just being rude now, and unnecessary
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My wife is from Newcastle. When we first met 5 years ago she genuinely thought tret was a word. They all do. ALL OF YOU LOT! :p
 
There's one on the local news here that has such a strong accent I can't understand a word they say… and it's not even our regions accent they've got.
 
Cambofrog said:
I think he meant 'thick' as in broad, not as in stupid.:)
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That is how I read it.

It's incumbent upon the speaker to ensure he or she can be understood when speaking (as long as that is their desire, I suppose). When speaking to my local friends we drop letters all over the place but get our point across no problem. When speaking to friends or people I work with across the country, they all have local accents too. It's just a different local accent. We all make ourselves understood.

It's unusual to find a person unable to communicate effectively with those from different regions. Likely that's just a lack of having to communicate with anyone but a local for a long time.
 
Goodness gracious, why would one want their news delivered by some little oik who cannot even speak the Queen's English? One needs to enunciate clearly so as to be heard and understood clearly by their viewers, not ramble on in some regional pidgin English dialect more akin to the working classes who don't even understand the issues covered by our delightful British Broadcasting Corporation.
 
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