RADIO SPEECH.
Sir,-On Boxing Day we heard a very fluent commentary on the running of the Auckland Cup and there is no doubt that the commentator "knows his onions." It seems unfortunate, however, that any announcer should be allowed to broadcast to Australia and New Zealand, and include such words as "heow," "neow," "eout," etc, in his" vocabulary. Surely it is time that the NZBS formed a definite policy with regard to the pronunciation of its announcers and commentators. In Britain, the BBC is supposed to set the standard, and with similar opportunities, the NZBS should follow suit and set a standard for this country; but if the present state of affairs continues, there will be no standard at all in New Zealand soon and she will become a state of "Ostrailia" as far as speech is concerned. The matter is becoming urgent in all fields of broadcasting.
H. C.
WRIGHT
Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 447, 16 January 1948, Page 5
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152RADIO SPEECH. New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 447, 16 January 1948, Page 5
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