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I was referring to BBC factual shows presented people like Dallas Campbell (just an actor) and Richard Hammond (not a problem for the BBC now).
Also there was a documentary recently about the hidden areas of Rome with Alexander Armstrong. He is a good actor and presenter but there is no reason for him to present BBC factual shows in place of a real historian. Lucy Worsley and Alice Roberts alone are worth the license fee IMO. ![]() Mary Beard and Joann Fletcher are both brilliant (and really down to earth as well). |
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Totally unlistenable with that speech defect.....can she really not help that, or is it part of her "charm"?
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Are you still talking about Lucy? The very first time I heard her several years ago, I was so impressed with her enunciation, which to me as being hearing-deficient was excellent, that I e-mailed her to thank her for her verbal clarity.
I had a lovely e-mail in return, and my opinion of Lucy is sky high! |
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I think she's great. I dont mind all the repeats
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Totally unlistenable with that speech defect.....can she really not help that, or is it part of her "charm"?
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Are you still talking about Lucy? The very first time I heard her several years ago, I was so impressed with her enunciation, which to me as being hearing-deficient was excellent, that I e-mailed her to thank her for her verbal clarity.
I had a lovely e-mail in return, and my opinion of Lucy is sky high! |
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Totally unlistenable with that speech defect.....can she really not help that, or is it part of her "charm"?
If you have difficulty understanding her, you may need to have your hearing checked out. And yes, some of us do have a speech defect. I have a slight lisp, although not usually noticeable on air Do you really think that people can help having these "defects"? You also seem to have a defect, one that's worse than a simple speech defect. |
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Is it part of yours to deem a very minor affectation a 'defect' and claim totally unreasonably that it makes her impossible to listen to?
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Not unlistentable at all.
If you have difficulty understanding her, you may need to have your hearing checked out. And yes, some of us do have a speech defect. I have a slight lisp, although not usually noticeable on air Do you really think that people can help having these "defects"? You also seem to have a defect, one that's worse than a simple speech defect. |
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Sometimes a slight affectation can be quite attractive, just so long as it isn't too marked.
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She shares many attributes with Chris Eubank of course. The English charm and eccentricity, the slight lisp and the impeccable dress sense. I'm not sure if she's ever beaten anyone to death or killed someone in a car crash though but if she has I'm sure she did it with style.
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I do like the way she relishes acting those little parts in costume. She's quite the cutey.
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It is vaguely depressing that such an authority as Lucy Worsley should be described as having an affection when she clearly has a definable speech defect.
However, her knowledge and excellence in presentation rapidly overcome such a minor handicap. She has the gift of being able to communicate clearly and expertly with personality and that is worth far more than any concern over a minor accident of nature. |
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You only have to pick Stacey Dooley or any of that TOWIE lot for examples of speech defects, Lucy Worsley speaks with perfect clarity by comparison.
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I love the way she speaks and find her incredibly engaging
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It's not an affectation, it's a 'real' speech impediment, rhotacism.
I prefer not going around saying that people are defective if it can possibly be avoided! For the same reason I hate the change from 'handicapped' to 'disabled' as the latter is actually far more extreme and usually inaccurate. |
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Love her, always a pleasure seeing her.
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You say tomato ....
I prefer not going around saying that people are defective if it can possibly be avoided! For the same reason I hate the change from 'handicapped' to 'disabled' as the latter is actually far more extreme and usually inaccurate. affectation behaviour, speech, or writing that is pretentious and designed to impress. a studied display of real or pretended feeling. |
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Just have to say how proud I am to see Lucy promoted from the depths of BBC4 to a prime time slot on BBC1 tonight with her Tudor mini-series
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I love her. If only I'd had her for a History teacher I'd have developed an interest and not messed about through sheer boredom.
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I love her. If only I'd had her for a History teacher I'd have developed an interest and not messed about through sheer boredom.
At least with Lucy I could concentrate on her body and maybe dedicate some time to the lesson too. |
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I never really got on with any of my history teachers and my grades reflected this by the end when I failed the resit exam.
At least with Lucy I could concentrate on her body and maybe dedicate some time to the lesson too. That's another way of looking at it.
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That's another way of looking at it.![]()
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Sometimes a slight affectation can be quite attractive, just so long as it isn't too marked.
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Apparently Sean Connery has been injured by a deluge of falling books. He said: "I've only my shelf to blame."
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