tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post1196911561767374641..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Voices matterCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-69877858698417045282018-10-05T14:55:38.290+01:002018-10-05T14:55:38.290+01:00Michelle Dewberry comes from Brandsholme, a large ...Michelle Dewberry comes from Brandsholme, a large council estate built in the 60s to be a new town but without anything that would make it anything but a large council estate. Many of the people living there never even make it into the centre of Hull - some 5 miles away. Those who live there, or even make an escape, have a very particular way of speaking - how they think 'posh' sounds. They don't get it right. I haven't heard The Pledge, so I am only imagining how Dewberry sounds but can guess. Haven't heard her speak on tv/radio for some time but that 'posh' east Hull accent was very evident to those of us familiar with it.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223253889086419817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-55625565206574322322018-10-05T10:16:05.547+01:002018-10-05T10:16:05.547+01:00There is something so tense and lacking in self-as...There is something so tense and lacking in self-assurance about valley girl speak. Vocal fry is a perfect description. The best I could come up with was a constriction in the back of the throat. It reminds me of that other speech phenomenon, upspeak in which the last word of a sentence rises in tone turning a statement into a question, as if the speaker is always asking the listener’s approval. Valley girl speak, by inserting like into every sentence is unable to express anything directly. I am like, happy - in other words, I am too unsure of your reaction to admit to actually being happy. Even worse: I was, like, followed by a noise or a gesture. Unfortunately this particular peculiarity has crossed the Atlantic. How strange that these young women choose to project themselves as the exact opposite of the strong confident women they would have us believe they are. Is this an extension of victim culture? I am, by the way very much in favour of young women being confident and articulate.<br /><br />I find it hard to comment on the Ford/Kavanaugh case, as like Sue I found the behaviour of both parties unconvincing and rather odd. Paradoxically, it seems that it might work out better for Trump if Kavanaugh was not appointed, but what do I know about the complexities of American politics.<br />Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-72977844636238710742018-10-04T23:59:02.579+01:002018-10-04T23:59:02.579+01:00"Anyway, MB, as you know, Brexit will mean th..."Anyway, MB, as you know, Brexit will mean the end of trade with Europe..." According to the BBC it will mean the end of civilisation as we know it. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-44675703479707983622018-10-04T20:43:58.669+01:002018-10-04T20:43:58.669+01:00Yes, but he has the ability to make the most feebl...Yes, but he has the ability to make the most feeble of arguments sound beguiling - I had to keep reminding myself that what he kept calling 'Brexit' was, in fact, merely Chequers. I wonder how many guilty men/women (etc) have gone free or vice versa as a result of his pleading. Anyway, MB, as you know, Brexit will mean the end of trade with Europe, so there'll be no need for foghorns in the Channel.<br /><br />Re: Sue's 'take' on Dr Ford, I agree - she came across like a cross between Minnie Mouse (with laryngitis) & Shirley Temple; made me think of Bette Davis in 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?' - creepy! I'd never heard of vocal-fry until Sue mentioned it, but one thing is certain: any teacher/lecturer who taught in that strangulated little voice would be luck to get through a morning without losing it - the voice has to have been assumed for the occasion.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650372666915304667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-81143513287879901012018-10-04T19:36:04.914+01:002018-10-04T19:36:04.914+01:00Geoffery Cox's voice is surely more stentorian...Geoffery Cox's voice is surely more stentorian than mellifluous: booming and brassy. We could tow him into the Channel and use him as a fog horn. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com