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Nob Voices, Yob Voices

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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10 minutes

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Sun 4 Mar 2007 08:50

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  • Fri 2 Mar 2007 20:50
  • Sun 4 Mar 2007 08:50

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