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- GRAPEVINE, Page 13WE SAY TOMAYTO, THEY SAY TOMAHTO
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- By JANICE CASTRO/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
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- Is nothing sacred? The BBC has thrown in the towel on the
- Queen's English. Hello, a new English-language instructional
- series being prepared for BBC television, will feature an
- American among its three hosts. Seems that citizens of the
- global village, whose idea of proper English was once the
- measured tones of the BBC, are now more familiar with Yankee
- accents, thanks to CNN's worldwide reach. Explains Peter Walton,
- executive producer of the program: "We realized what people want
- is American English. People were asking, `Haven't you got
- anything in American?' " Other BBC broadcasters are doing their
- best to adopt American-style slang. A budding British John
- Madden describing a soccer game dustup not long ago told
- listeners that an injured player was "stretchered" off the
- field. Next time, try "Boom! He's outta there!"
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