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Subject: Re: Blandleaders
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 05:03:43 EST

In a message dated 3/6/01 2:50:54 AM GMT Standard Time,
writes:

<< [*Tolerance or promotion of regional accents in broadcasting -- this
was truer of UK broadcasts, '80s onwards, less so in N.America, in my
observation.] >>
A Yorkshire accent was first heard in news broadcasts from the BBC during WW2.
The German propaganda machine made many attempts to broadcast false news
items over wavelengths used by the BBC.They were unable to produce anyone
capable of sounding like a well known Yorkshireman, Wilfred Pickles.
Jack

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