[Swprograms] Re: British accents out at BBC World Service

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

I find it more amusing than anything else.  After all, if I read this
correctly, this is regarding *new hires*, not existing staff, right? 
So there could be no discrimination claim if a lack of British accent
is clearly spelled out in the job description.

My favorite international broadcaster for "flat accents" would be YLE,
may it rest in peace.  I was always struck by the non-European nature
of most YLE on-air staff.

Besides, we're talking *world* service, talking primarily to a
*non-British* audience, right?  Wouldn't you rather have someone for
the target language service with a twang that said target audience
would be able to understand?

Richard "the closet linguist" Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA



On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:28:32 -0500, maryanne kehoe <atlsvo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I smell another Bectu strike on the way!!
> 
> What WS is doing is nothing short of discrimination----something they
> have a good history of doing.
> 
> I was in the UK during one of the Bectu strikes. The reporting on the
> local BBC Northwest channels was ugly. The whole of the BBC is out of
> control and I am quite disappointed at Lord Grade, as I expected much
> better out of him and his leadership. He's been on the job less than a
> year.
>
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