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Ageism and the World Service Language Style
Listeners object to the use of the phrase 'the wrong side of 50'
Complaints about a 'Reporting Religion' programme. Why did the reporter refer to some women as being 'on the wrong side of fifty'?
Also: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service language style and use of English. Sally-Anne Thomas, Senior Editor in News, demonstrates the online World Service Style Guide in the World Service newsroom and uses it to answer specific complaints from listeners.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project