Why do ordinary (i.e. English, not American) people sing in American accents? Geordies, Brummies, carrot crunchers, cider drinkers, all of ’em. They all have almost indecipherable lilts to their voices when speaking, yet when they sing they magically attain an American accent. The only exceptions I can think of is the lovely Cerys Matthews, boyo, and that geezer out of …
Firty-fahsand fevvers.
Shall I tell you what gets on my nerves? Well, loads of stuff actually, but today I’ll have a moan about the things people say. I was listening to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 on my way to work this morning (I usually pick up a word I’ve never heard before – today it was ‘ululate‘) and it’s …
S-L-O-W-L-Y does it…
Have you noticed the really annoying trend that seems to be the growing tendency amongst TV announcers to t-a-l-k r-e-a-l-l-y s-l-o-o-o-o-w-l-y when introducing programmes? “Commming uup onn- Iiiiiiii-Teeeeee-Veeeeee-Twoooo, the stoooory ooof a mootherrr annnd”….. FUCK OFF!!!! Is this so thickies can keep up, or is it just the patronizing manner of the announcers? Either way, it’s bloody annoying. And while …