BBC Pronunciation

[keaton]

That makes perfect sense though. Far better to speak in plain English than the type of language that would only ever be used in official statements or by the tax man/council/government ministers.

It's also probably better as a descriptive. If someone died and it was about to be a big news story you hope they tell all of his immediate family not just his next of kin

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

A few years back, during the conflict in Lebanon, the BBC had a problem with "Shiite guerrillas" constantly being mispronounced. So they decreed that the term would be changed to "Lesbianese terrorists".

18 stone women built like a brick shithouse wearing a strap-on would terrorise us all.

 

[mune ni kamome]

Has anyone noticed a gradual move toward the Americanisation of team sports whereby we would say "Brighton ARE doing well this year". American commentators tend to treat teams as a single entity and would say "Brighton IS doing well this year" I've heard this sort of thing a few times recently.

 

[Titus]

American commentators tend to treat teams as a single entity and would say "Brighton IS doing well this year"

Teams are a single entity.

 

[Brovion]

Has anyone noticed a gradual move toward the Americanisation of team sports whereby we would say "Brighton ARE doing well this year". American commentators tend to treat teams as a single entity and would say "Brighton IS doing well this year" I've heard this sort of thing a few times recently.

Yes! Peter Roebuck was a bugger for that. Annoys the f*** out of me! Just waiting now for some oh-so-trendy and with-it football commentator to say something like "And Chelsea HAS the ball at the edge of IT'S penalty area" and I shall explode with petulant frustration.

 

[The Stout Yeoman]

Disappointed when they renamed Uranus ... formerly Your Anus ... now URRRRRRANUS ...

 

[Perfidious Albion]

If I were a Muslim, I would object to the term Islamist in connection with terrorists and political rebels...They are not representative of normal Islam. The media long ago stopped referring to the Republicans of Northern Ireland by their religion (Catholic)

If I were a Muslim, that is........

 

[SussexHoop]

About a year ago, listening to Radio 4 and the 10pm news and the newsreader mentioned 'the Taliban in Afghanistan' or as she said it 'the Tarleybarn in Arfgharneestarn'.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

"Lesbianese terrorists" - do they shave their heads and run around in dungarees forcing women to have sex with them? - I'll have to look into this

THIS made me laugh!

 

[Notters' Dad]

They're not the same thing though: an England striker is a striker who plays for England (eg Wayne Rooney) while an English striker is a striker who's English (eg Will Hoskins). Not all English strikers play for England (very few do) and not all England players are English (Matt Le Tiss, Owen Hargreaves etc)

This. It's really irritating when certain commentators use the former when meaning the latter!