Has anyone noticed the subtle changes occurring in the pronunciation of the English language in our media?
Everybody seems to be speaking as if they were a member of the staff of Top Gear.
Sanitary towels are made to sound like the latest thing from Nasa. Deodorant is now made to sound like the sports car we never had but now can.
The sentences are ending in a tone similar to that which should be used in the middle.
Is that meant to make us feel as if we are about to hear something of great importance and, when we don't hear it, we will go out and find it?
News presenters are not helping, either. Who taught them to speak the way they do?
Does anyone know anyone who speaks that way? I even heard it on a Saturday morning children's programme.
Let's put an end to this use of English and keep it individual. This normalisation is not good as nobody speaks with a normal tone.
We are all from different parts of the country so why are we being made to feel as if we're not?
-Delia Hoyde, Surrenden Road, Brighton
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