Why Are The B B C Allowing News Readers That Can't Pronounce Words On The Tv

[ToraToraTora]

Just watching one now "Yorrup" (europe) - "Clozer" (closer).

Are there no English people that speak English properly any more?

[barry1010]

The and thee  sound rule isn't strictly dictated by the following word started by a vowel. It can also apply to words with initial letters that sound like vowels or consonants.  The house, thee hour.

[Khandro]

TTT. It isn't "Yorrup" (europe) the correct  pronounciation is "yerp" (spoken briskly).

[New Judge]

"You're saying some folk pronounce "the" the same way, regardless of whether it precedes a word starting with a vowel or no."

You've got it, Corby! And it is becoming more common. 

"The and thee  sound rule isn't strictly dictated by the following word started by a vowel. It can also apply to words with initial letters that sound like vowels or consonants.  The house, thee hour."

Quite so, Barry. But (with 'h') it depends whether the 'h' is silent or not.

Silent: hour; honour.

Not Silent: highway; haggis

[Atheist]

Language and pronunciation evolve. We don't all talk as Shakespeare did. It can be hard to accept, but it is so.

 

[Henry1865]

Bedknobs and Corbylon. I worked for an insurnce company from 1951 and the word schedule, which was spoken dozens of times every day was definitely not said as skedewl. That pronunciation is American but gradually took over as youngsters joined the company - but I always fought against it - until 1985 (repeat, 1985!) when I was retired.

[tomus42]

Verily, thou must be having a Turkish.

[bednobs]

aww, love, have you ever considered it's YOU who can't pronounce words correctly

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1881534.html

[barry1010]

Atheist, nobody talks as Shakespeare did.  It's believed modern American is closer to Shakespeare speech than BBC English. 

[douglas9401]

The Language of Shakespeare

Rhymes and puns, for example, only make sense if you can "hear" them, and with very different accents much of the world play is lost. It turns out, scholars believe speech in Elizabethan English sounder much closer to modern Welsh, Scottish, or even the accent of Tennessee.16 Oct 2024

[ToraToraTora]

09:55, oh dear, your overriding urge to be contrarian has made you look a right plonker. That is about a persons name, the pronounciation of which are often in need of clarification and I do indeed concede the correct pronounciation in that thread, thanks for highlighting that. Not comparable to every day words is it? Take your time.

[bednobs]

"aww, love, have you ever considered it's YOU who can't pronounce words correctly"

Didnt think so.

[ToraToraTora]

Read 10:15 sweetheart, and try to comprehend how silly you look.

[rowanwitch]

Let's go back to our roots.... Apparently the closest thing to 'middle english'  is the black country dialect... I live about 15 mins away and after nearly 30 years I still can't blooming understand it.    The days of 'received pronunciation' have long gone but some accents are far easier on the ears... Edinburgh Scots is pretty good they claim they speak it better than we do....

[smurfchops]

And everything starts with "so" and schoolkids keep saying "like".  Drives me potty.