The Way Newreaders/Presenters Talk

[bulltwister]

Please tell me I'm not going mad......but are most tv presenters & newsreaders using a northern type pronunciation when saying such words as bath, past, afternoon, aftermath etc.......I Know loads of bbc & itv stuff comes from Manchester now, but I hear people who never did it before suddenly slipping into it. For Instance one used to be called Andrew (Cahstle), and now he's Andrew (Cassel). Is this now hip & trendy or just part of the general dumbing down of television.Even the shipping forecast, which used to be a bastion of R.P. is now RIP. I hope someone else has noticed this as most of my friends can't tell the difference.......

[marcus]

It's not just those words. Presenters talk the same in general. It's the same on the radio - you can go from one end of the country to the other and radio DJs all talk the same way.

[size_of_light]

Please tell me I'm not going mad......but are most tv presenters & newsreaders using a northern type pronunciation when saying such words as bath, past, afternoon, aftermath etc.......I Know loads of bbc & itv stuff comes from Manchester now, but I hear people who never did it before suddenly slipping into it. For Instance one used to be called Andrew (Cahstle), and now he's Andrew (Cassel). Is this now hip & trendy or just part of the general dumbing down of television.Even the shipping forecast, which used to be a bastion of R.P. is now RIP. I hope someone else has noticed this as most of my friends can't tell the difference.......

Welcome bull.

I'm in Australia, but I know what you're talking about from seeing an episode of Grumpy Old Men the other night where they were bitching about the exact thing you're talking about. How Newcahstle had become Newcassel etc.

The phenomenon is not isolated to the UK, there was a trend to pronounce shit the way the natives to that place pronounce it, years back here in Australia, but it kinda went out of vogue.

SBS TV here still does it a bit, since it's the world news service, but generally it died in the ass big time because TV sketch comedy shows took the piss out of the newsreaders who did it.

Probably wont be long before the same happens over there.

[notthisshitagain]

I hope someone else has noticed this as most of my friends can't tell the difference.......

Maybe they can't notice it because they're hypnotized? ;P
Well, I don't know about those tv shows you mention here, but I get the feeling that newsreaders are actually trying to hipnotize people just so they can believe what they're saying.. or maybe I'm just paranoid.

[size_of_light]

Maybe they can't notice it because they're hypnotized? ;P
Well, I don't know about those tv shows you mention here, but I get the feeling that newsreaders are actually trying to hipnotize people just so they can believe what they're saying.. or maybe I'm just paranoid.



Jello Biafra said that if you turn down the sound on the news, it looks like all the newsreaders are mocking you.

[bulltwister]

Thanx size of... good to know I'm not alone....or mad

[legendary]

anyone seen Steve Mclaren? he speaks with a dutch accent now

[notthisshitagain]

Jello Biafra said that if you turn down the sound on the news, it looks like all the newsreaders are mocking you.

The bastards! Hmm.. personally I have always thought that TV's stupid.. but nowadays I feel that the tv shows are getting dumber.. like those stupid Big Brother celebrities show.. or.. that American Idol (or its equivalent in whatever part of the world) ugh.. that's the time when I do the same pose as my avatar.. and I yell out my username...

[size_of_light]

The bastards! Hmm.. personally I have always thought that TV's stupid.. but nowadays I feel that the tv shows are getting dumber.. like those stupid Big Brother celebrities show.. or.. that American Idol (or its equivalent in whatever part of the world) ugh.. that's the time when I do the same pose as my avatar.. and I yell out my username...

lol

[tom bombadil]

Speaking of an Austalian vocal influence (who was? Me!! :D ) I remember that when 'Neighbours' hit our shores, all the kids in the country were raising their tone at the end of a sentance. God it got my tits. It hit the press and a kerfuffle was generated.

What goes around comes around, and now it must be a northern England influance. Thats all.


Tom.

[cruise4]

"anyone seen Steve Mclaren? he speaks with a dutch accent now"

I still can't get my head around that. Was it a joke?

[w1nstonsm1th84]

Please tell me I'm not going mad......but are most tv presenters & newsreaders using a northern type pronunciation when saying such words as bath, past, afternoon, aftermath etc.......I Know loads of bbc & itv stuff comes from Manchester now, but I hear people who never did it before suddenly slipping into it. For Instance one used to be called Andrew (Cahstle), and now he's Andrew (Cassel). Is this now hip & trendy or just part of the general dumbing down of television.Even the shipping forecast, which used to be a bastion of R.P. is now RIP. I hope someone else has noticed this as most of my friends can't tell the difference.......

What a shame, people from Manchester being allowed to speak on the television- this should not be allowed not happen! Could we start a petition? I don't think people from the North of England should have the right to speak on the television or radio- don't they know their place? :mad:




































:rolleyes:

P.S. Screw the South! :D






















;)

[bulltwister]

Sorry, not my intention to badmouth Manchester......just previously RP Presenters imitating it

[w1nstonsm1th84]

Sorry, not my intention to badmouth Manchester......just previously RP Presenters imitating it

Just having some banter mate! :D

I know exactly what you mean, I've noticed the decline in 'standards' over the years; you do make a valid point. :) Honestly. :)

[bulltwister]

Thanx W1nston, was my 1st thread yesterday & a bit unsure

[mercuryrapids]

Regional accents are the big thing on telly these days. It's a good thing, IMO, as not everybody speaks the olde worlde BBC English from Alexandra Palace... :)

In the words of Fred Truman: "Ah'll sithee."

[w1nstonsm1th84]

Thanx W1nston, was my 1st thread yesterday & a bit unsure


Oh dear, sorry- I always joke around like that... although we Northerners aren't all THAT bad- surely? :D

There has been a marked decline in voice-over standards- but I think that is more to do with a marked decline in standards across the board- including society in general. I don't really think it has anything to do with accent, more to do with presentational style, and articulation. Although a Northerner myself, I do have a very good 'reading voice'- and a fairly 'neutral' accent. I really do think that I'd make for a good voice-over artiste- but alas (poor Yorick), I do not have the necessary 'connections'! :-/


Welcome to the board anyway! :)

Regional accents are the big thing on telly these days. It's a good thing, IMO, as not everybody speaks the olde worlde BBC English from Alexandra Palace... :)




Hahaha.. thank God! :D

[mr_self_destruct]

Please tell me I'm not going mad......but are most tv presenters & newsreaders using a northern type pronunciation when saying such words as bath, past, afternoon, aftermath etc.......I Know loads of bbc & itv stuff comes from Manchester now, but I hear people who never did it before suddenly slipping into it. For Instance one used to be called Andrew (Cahstle), and now he's Andrew (Cassel). Is this now hip & trendy or just part of the general dumbing down of television.Even the shipping forecast, which used to be a bastion of R.P. is now RIP. I hope someone else has noticed this as most of my friends can't tell the difference.......

Speaking in a northern accent is a sign of being dumbed down is it?! Cheeky git!

[astro zombie]

Jello Biafra said that if you turn down the sound on the news, it looks like all the newsreaders are mocking you.

That's interesting never heard that one before!! I'm gonna try that. Fuck those fuckin coporate cocksucks!:D

[legendary]

ugh i'm relocating up northward for the next 3 years. i better not develop that terrible accent

[mr_self_destruct]

There isn't one generalised "northern accent"...there are lots of different accent.

Give me the northern accent over the southern any day

[w1nstonsm1th84]

ugh i'm relocating up northward for the next 3 years. i better not develop that terrible accent

Even worse than that, let's hope that the people who are around you don't end up talking like 'Delboy Trotter'! :o

[legendary]

lol yea i know there's loadsa variations, but none sound as good as London accents. don't get no jokes cockney men up in leeds or manchester

[tyler]

Have any of lot been in London lately? The cockney accent has almost gone. All the young kids talk with this strange mixture of West Indian rasta talk and Asian bangla sort of. It's horrible to listen to. The ordinary London accent has disappeared among schoolkids.

[w1nstonsm1th84]

Have any of lot been in London lately? The cockney accent has almost gone. All the young kids talk with this strange mixture of West Indian rasta talk and Asian bangla sort of. It's horrible to listen to. The ordinary London accent has disappeared among schoolkids.

Well, isn't that rather ironical, given the apparent disdain for Northern accents? :D

[rixxmixxhell]

Jello Biafra said that if you turn down the sound on the news, it looks like all the newsreaders are mocking you.

Fucking love Biafa....

Biotech is Godzilla!!!!!