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- <text id=91TT2125>
- <title>
- Sep. 23, 1991: We Say Tomayto, They Say Tomahto
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Sep. 23, 1991 Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 13
- We Say Tomayto, They Say Tomahto
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- <p>By Janice Castro/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
- </p>
- <p> 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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- </body></article>
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