Re: [ARSCLIST] Edward R. Murrow "Hear It Now", etc.

[Rod Stephens <savecal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One quick addition to this discussion of radio, televison and motion 
picutures on spoken English comes from this web site:

http://www.putlearningfirst.com/language/04change/issuesofchange.html

"BBC pronunciation reached areas of local non-standard accents from the 
1920’s and BBC TV from the 1950’s so it was seen as a standard to be 
attained. US English spread through movies from 1927. The Internet is 
predominantly an English / American language medium too. BBC English has 
contributed towards a decline in local dialects and the Internet has 
contributed to language changes in spoken and written English (eg the 
word movie instead of film, above)."


Rod Stephens
Family Theater Productions