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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, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service drama repeats, Spanish versus English broadcasts in Buenos Aires and the pronunciation of people's names. Katherine Sangster of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Pronunciation Unit demonstrates the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s database of correct pronunciations.

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14 minutes

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Archive

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