AOR Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Happier diner said: Aberdonian? Nah, this is Aberdonian (well Peterhead, but same thing) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyone Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 8 minutes ago, AOR said: Nah, this is Aberdonian (well Peterhead, but same thing) No , people from Peterhead have a totally different accent to people from Aberdeen. As do people from the Broch. And many other parts of Aberdeenshire. Your wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 So in 2006 Neil Nunes joined Radio 4 as an announcer and sparked a similar furore. Lots of people think the IOM is about 15 years behind the UK, so that’s about the right timescale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 2 hours ago, hissingsid said: She is very difficult to understand and certainly not qualified to be a News Reader whoever gave her the job should be fired. Jeeze Sid, how do you manage in an Indian Restaurant? Do you just point at the menu and your mouth??? 😉 You'd better not go to the Turkish Restaurant, you may end up ordering Uncle Ronnies daughter!!! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Kopek said: Jeeze Sid, how do you manage in an Indian Restaurant? Do you just point at the menu and your mouth??? 😉 You'd better not go to the Turkish Restaurant, you may end up ordering Uncle Ronnies daughter!!! Since most of the “news” isn’t worth listening to, does it really matter who reads it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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quilp Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Passing Time said: Since most of the “news” isn’t worth listening to, does it really matter who reads it? Agreed, but it obviously matters to some. Personally don't have a problem understanding her, though at first her delivery took a little while to get used to. Quite like it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Some people wouldn't be able to understand the news if Phil Gawne was reading it 😁 This is now a multi-cultural Island. But then, so is the adjacent island, so it's not much good getting the boat in the morning. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriT Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 1 hour ago, monasqueen said: Some people wouldn't be able to understand the news if Phil Gawne was reading it 😁 This is now a multi-cultural Island. But then, so is the adjacent island, so it's not much good getting the boat in the morning. I’m Manx and I have no idea what Phil Gawne is talking about half the time 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lamb Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 28 minutes ago, BriT said: I’m Manx and I have no idea what Phil Gawne is talking about half the time You have that in common with Phil Gawne, then. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 15 hours ago, Asthehills said: Ok. I clearly wasn’t in South Africa for work less than six months ago. Or Sweden two months ago. Or Japan 9 months ago 😂 That's not very environmentally friendly now is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, Anyone said: No , people from Peterhead have a totally different accent to people from Aberdeen. As do people from the Broch. And many other parts of Aberdeenshire. Your wrong. OK, I'll accept that, You are absolutely right, of course. It was just an excuse to post the clip. Many people south of the border hear just one Scottish accent. although they detect a difference from Birmingham to Liverpool but not from Aberdeen to Glasgow. I worked in Aberdeen in a sort of call centre, and after a few months and many 1000s of phone calls (the first week was tough I tell ya) I could detect a difference between south of the river Dee, (a fishing community) and north of the river (which was more mills). A few months later I could tell almost to the very street as people tended to stay in the same area they grew up in. Edited October 3, 2022 by AOR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikimoto Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Millions of people in Singapore/Jamaica etc. with English as a first language and "unusual" accents. At least she's not from Sunderland. Or Leeds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Regional accents are fine and make life in general more inclusive. However, the main object of a News Reader is to read clearly the events that have happened or are going to happen in the last \ next 24 hours or so and it is very frustrating when you cannot make out what they are saying. I do not know why they have so many employees at MR especially as they are always in the red financially, why cannot the presenters of the programmes read the news out. I have never got a straight answer as to how many employees MR has actually got but I think a cull would be a good idea and it may help to balance the books. Manx Radio started out with a handful of people and it has just got bigger but not a lot better. Most young people regard MR as a joke, well it is an expensive one for the tax payers. If you dispute this ask your children or grandchildren if they listen to MR. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forestboy Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 8 minutes ago, hissingsid said: Regional accents are fine and make life in general more inclusive. However, the main object of a News Reader is to read clearly the events that have happened or are going to happen in the last \ next 24 hours or so and it is very frustrating when you cannot make out what they are saying. I do not know why they have so many employees at MR especially as they are always in the red financially, why cannot the presenters of the programmes read the news out. I have never got a straight answer as to how many employees MR has actually got but I think a cull would be a good idea and it may help to balance the books. Manx Radio started out with a handful of people and it has just got bigger but not a lot better. Most young people regard MR as a joke, well it is an expensive one for the tax payers. If you dispute this ask your children or grandchildren if they listen to MR. Since Stu has gone from Mannin Line and late night show I only listen to the news headlines. An older listener OAP. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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