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Radio 4,02 Mar 2007,10 mins

Nob Voices, Yob Voices

A Point of View

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As Helen Mirren carries off her Oscar for sounding like the Queen, Clive James comments on the way we speak English today. Regional accents on radio and television reflect and reinforce the breach of the class divide, but a new noisy voice is less easy on the ear.

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