Listening to BBC Radio Merseyside at the moment. Talk sort of funny, don't they? Do the locals talk like that?
They're talking about eating Scouse - what on earth is THAT? And now they want money - the BBC "Change for the Good appeal." I don't think the ABC would dare do that! Sounds like the weather is grim at the moment. Mum can't wait for summer time to start here next week - the sun is getting up at 5am.
Also tried out BBC Radio Sheffield - that's also an interesting regional accent.
What radio do you listen to, if any? If it streams on the net, let me know! BBC 1 sounds very different to what it was when I was in the UK a long time ago - lots more talking. It was once all music. And Cockney accent it seems! Whatever happened to the Queen's English in - the home of English! How are us colonials supposed to keep up the standard against the US onslaught?
...and I just watched the BBC 1 news on a webcast.
It seems that the Battle of Trafalgar is EXTREMELY important. The Queen is about to light a bonfire - with live TV coverage!
Pardon my ignorance, but I vaguely recall that the Battle of Trafalgar was something about squashing frogs hundreds of years ago. Isn't it time to bury the hatchet and move on?
It's the 200th anniversary, so yeah, very important XD I've got two Pommies agruing about it behind me now--it's what made Britannia rule the waves *nods wisely*
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From Dad - BBC Radio Merseyside
Date: Fri, Oct. 21st, 2005 05:15 pm (UTC)They're talking about eating Scouse - what on earth is THAT? And now they want money - the BBC "Change for the Good appeal." I don't think the ABC would dare do that! Sounds like the weather is grim at the moment. Mum can't wait for summer time to start here next week - the sun is getting up at 5am.
Also tried out BBC Radio Sheffield - that's also an interesting regional accent.
What radio do you listen to, if any? If it streams on the net, let me know! BBC 1 sounds very different to what it was when I was in the UK a long time ago - lots more talking. It was once all music. And Cockney accent it seems! Whatever happened to the Queen's English in - the home of English! How are us colonials supposed to keep up the standard against the US onslaught?
Re: From Dad - BBC News - Battle of Trafalgar
Date: Fri, Oct. 21st, 2005 05:45 pm (UTC)It seems that the Battle of Trafalgar is EXTREMELY important. The Queen is about to light a bonfire - with live TV coverage!
Pardon my ignorance, but I vaguely recall that the Battle of Trafalgar was something about squashing frogs hundreds of years ago. Isn't it time to bury the hatchet and move on?
I guess it beats watching war on terror stuff...
Re: From Dad - BBC News - Battle of Trafalgar
Date: Sat, Oct. 22nd, 2005 12:18 pm (UTC)