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15/05/2020 1:05 am
[VIDEO] For fans of Grand Prix racing
The first official European Grand Prix race took place at the Silverstone race track in England 70 years ago today, and browsing through the BBC News sport pages this morning I came across this remarkably well-preserved film which you might enjoy. The commentator's posh accent is something else.
Anyone nervous of clicking on links will have to go to the BBC News website and navigate to "Sport" then to "Formula 1"
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
15/05/2020 4:10 am
Very cool. Thanks for posting that.
( Are you implying that most Britons have abandoned elocution? Right now, it sounds reassuringly civilized.)
15/05/2020 11:03 am
Only a dumb American would design a course which included a "Maggots Curve".
15/05/2020 1:53 pm
Old time BBC English. Now though regional accents with a touch of Posh show how a language evolves over time - becoming more inclusive, I suppose, and accents soften. Everything changes.
A further observation: the English seem to have this need in themselves to use a stranger's accent to place them in some form of hierarchy in relation to each other.
15/05/2020 4:13 pm
Love those Alfas! thanks, my good man!
15/05/2020 7:29 pm
Whether it be British, American, Canadian there certainly seems to have been a decline in the quality of spoken English since I was a lad in grade school. Same goes for grammar and spelling. I must say I love to listen to the British motor racing commentators from the 50s and 60s; they had a reserved manner that was easy to listen to. American commentators were different than the British in their delivery but did a great job too.
15/05/2020 9:07 pm
Well, like the US and its regional dialects, Great Britain is many countries.
Welsh, Scottish, Irish, English... All have their own accents.
15/05/2020 9:17 pm
Jolly good show! thanks Graeme
16/05/2020 3:14 am
DUDE!!!! Totes Word.
16/05/2020 3:15 am
And there are variations in regional accents too - very confusing but, interesting 😉
16/05/2020 3:32 am
OMG. I hope this transatlantic stoush is not a repeat of the war of 1812.
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