Fred the shred Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 It is the content that is without rhyme or reason rather than a faux Aussie accent 🤣 but yes he is full of hot air … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barlow Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Manx Radio presenter doing that contrived mid-Atlantic accent thing. I thought DJs stopped doing that in the 1980s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 7 minutes ago, Barlow said: Manx Radio presenter doing that contrived mid-Atlantic accent thing. I thought DJs stopped doing that in the 1980s. Radio Rockall ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 18 hours ago, Barlow said: The bike racing woman that does the Radio TT stuff with Chris 'Kinners' Kinley makes his voice sound less squeaky, and is ok and all that, of course, but I wonder could some basic elocution lessons be provided to stop the stinted, pause laden delivery. I know it is an affectation adopted by some young folk of today but it is not conducive to good radio. if you're on about caroline sells she always sounds like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Oh, I thought it was Jenny Tinmouth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 15 hours ago, Fred the shred said: It is a faux Aussie accent I think and was catching a few years ago it has died out a bit now. The technical name for it is the High rising terminal (confusingly abbreviated to HRT - make your own jokes). Though the Wiki doesn't comment on its decline in the UK over the last decade or so, you certainly do hear it a lot less, as you say. It may partly be the fading away of the Australian soaps, but also the way this linguistic feature came to be seen as less prestigious. 1 hour ago, Two-lane said: How about Chris Thomas? It's a rather odd accent isn't it. I think he grew up in Cumbria, but he always sounds North Essex to me (not what people normally think of as an Essex accent which is South/metropolitan Essex). Cannan is another one with an accent you wouldn't expect. You'd think it would be posh English with maybe a bit of Manx slipping in, but he sounds like Ken Livingstone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 I assumed that Chris Thomas always finishes a sentence with a question mark because he does not know enough to be able to make a statement? [Do you like the terminating question mark?] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Chris Thomas sounds like a puppy chewing a slipper and each sentence is like a chase round the furniture. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 4 hours ago, La Colombe said: Oh, I thought it was Jenny Tinmouth. i saw some video about the documentary about david madsen mignal ( spelling ) and she was on that and i assumed it was manx radio doing a piece about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casta Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 5 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: he sounds like Ken Livingstone. Hah, ha, nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the shred Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 There is one lady presenter who does a good impression of a hyena in pain really loud fortunately she does no usually do mornings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KERED Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 11 hours ago, Fred the shred said: There is one lady presenter who does a good impression of a hyena in pain really loud fortunately she does no usually do mornings. Crusty D? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 23 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: but he sounds like Ken Livingstone. ...if only Cannan were as good as Ken!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Ken was famous for his love of newts. Didn't Alfie get as p***ed as one ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 On 6/2/2024 at 10:07 AM, Shake me up Judy said: Manx Radio is a menagerie of voices, ranging from the timid to the 'exotic'. All human life is there. I'm not so sure that some of it is human. Phil Gawne. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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