Difference between Euronews and BBC

20.07.03, 14:22
Hi,

at Forum Językoznawstwo there's a topic 'Which accent of Brithish do you
prefer?' - options included <British English as in BBC>, American English and
Euronews that <falls in between>...
This seems very interesting, because although I can clearly hear the
difference between Euronews and BBC, I'm unable to name it: they both seem to
use the RP standart. What can this be?
Any guesses?
rgdz,
Yorick
    • ewunia_uk Re: Difference between Euronews and BBC 21.07.03, 10:36

      I only watch Euronews in hotels when I'm travelling and I can't honestly
      remember the accent they speak with.

      If by "BBC" you mean the regular terrestrial BBC (as opposed to World), then
      the accents of newscasters vary considerably. The most popular presenter who
      usually reads the 6 or 9 o'clock news is actually Welsh and speaks with a quite
      distinctive Welsh accent (as far as you can get from the RP standard!).

      The official view of the BBC now is that there is no such thing as "BBC
      English" any more as local accents are actively encouraged.

      Is there a particular BBC newscaster you had in mind?
    • ewunia_uk Link? 21.07.03, 10:38
      Oh, I forgot - can you please provide a link to the Jezykoznawstwo forum?
      • Gość: Yorick Re: Link? IP: *.torun.dialup.inetia.pl 21.07.03, 15:08
        It's a good neighbour of my Forum :)

        and the precise link is:
        forum.gazeta.pl/forum/71,1.html?f=10102
        And as to the newscasters, I don't know their names, nor do I care for them.
        I'm referring to BBC World and it is quite uniform, 'coherent' RP. When you
        have a chance, please check Euronews and tell me what you think of it.
        rgdz,
        • ewunia_uk Re: Link? 21.07.03, 17:10
          Gość portalu: Yorick napisał(a):

          > I'm referring to BBC World and it is quite uniform, 'coherent' RP. When you
          > have a chance, please check Euronews and tell me what you think of it.
          > rgdz,

          OK, didn't realise you mean BBC World. I thought you meant the good old BBC1
          and BBC2 :)
          BBC World is mainly addressed at an audience whose 1st language is not English,
          hence the more "standard" English used.
          • Gość: Yorick Re: Link? IP: *.torun.dialup.inetia.pl 21.07.03, 19:40
            > BBC World is mainly addressed at an audience whose 1st language is not
            English, hence the more "standard" English used.

            god be praised it is, otherwise half of the viewers wouldn't grasp half the
            message...
            • Gość: english-test.net Very interesting discussion! IP: *.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 21.07.03, 20:55
              This is a very interesting topic as there are so many aspects to it.
              I think when it comes to accents a lot has changed for the past couple of
              years due to the fact that more and more people get access to English language
              news broadcasters. Back in the 80iest the world was probably divided into
              standard North American pronunciation on the one hand and RP on the other.
              Interestingly enough the latter is spoken by about 5% of the British
              population..
              OK; there is a lot more to it but I don't know if anyone is interested?

              english-test.net
    • yoric My guess 24.07.03, 15:06
      After

      changing from one channel to the other several times, I've come to a
      (tentative) conclusion that BBC speak a bit faster, using more glottalisation
      and assimilation, making an impression of more 'natural' lg. Euronews are
      more 'newscasting'.
      Is that it?
      rgdz
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