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Accents from Around the World

Dissatisfaction with announcers' accents

Comments from listeners on subjects including the use of announcers with African accents, BBC World Service drama repeats, Spanish versus English broadcasts in Buenos Aires and the pronunciation of people's names. Katherine Sangster of the BBC's Pronunciation Unit demonstrates the BBC's database of correct pronunciations.

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BBC World Service Archive

BBC World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project