RADIO ANNOUNCING

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21415, 6 March 1935, Page 7

RADIO ANNOUNCING

TO THI BDlTO» 0» THE FRBSS. . Sir,—Will you please allow me, without creating a controversy, to reply to "Syntax"? In the frrst place I have yet to learn that England and her culture provide any criterion of good English. Take this Oxford accent, terrible to listen to. Every county has its own accent. Let me tell "Syntax" the colonials, next to the Dublin Irish, speak the purest English in the world; and as a colonial I resent the tone of your correspondent's complaints. It is the inflexion of the voice that shows the culture which is born, not acquired. Now, does your correspondent know whether these announcers are colonial or not? I consider they will rank with anything produced in England. It would be hard to find a better or more qualified announcer than at the 3YL station, who has a pleasing voice and is a correct speaker. I agree that some of the Latin phrases are mispronounced; that is the fault of teaching. And of course you do not pick up Queen's College scholars in the street. The taste of the modern is distinctly American, and in consequence the accent deteriorates.—Yours, etc PRO BONO PUBLICO. March 5, 1935.