Why British accents in US NEws

Tom Zurinskas truespel at HOTMAIL.COM
Sun Feb 23 06:50:23 UTC 2014


Apparently British accents are not sexy,  http://bit.ly/1bXUAiw  and any foreign accent is judged less trustworthy http://bit.ly/1fsffdp,  So why do we hear more British newscaster lately on US TV News?  For less trustworthy news with less sex appeal?

Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk


 
                                          
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