Date:Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:12:55 -0800
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Subject:Re: Edward R. Murrow "Hear It Now", etc.
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One quick addition to this discussion of radio, televison and motion
picutures on spoken English comes from this web site:
http://www.putlearningfirst.com/language/04change/issuesofchange.html
"BBC pronunciation reached areas of local non-standard accents from the
1920’s and BBC TV from the 1950’s so it was seen as a standard to be
attained. US English spread through movies from 1927. The Internet is
predominantly an English / American language medium too. BBC English has
contributed towards a decline in local dialects and the Internet has
contributed to language changes in spoken and written English (eg the
word movie instead of film, above)."
Rod Stephens
Family Theater Productions