Originally Posted by PAUL_BEXFIELD2:
“I find the New Zealand and Australian accents totally indistinguishable
Slightly off topic I remember GWR with whom Capital mergerd to form Global had a policy at one time of employing Australian newsreaders
I was living in Derby at the time and it was a joy to hear them struggling with some of the local names
This was before tinterweb so unless I came to London I couldn't hear LBC
So just wondered with all the chat on here about accents did LBC employ any ?”
“I find the New Zealand and Australian accents totally indistinguishable
Slightly off topic I remember GWR with whom Capital mergerd to form Global had a policy at one time of employing Australian newsreaders
I was living in Derby at the time and it was a joy to hear them struggling with some of the local names
This was before tinterweb so unless I came to London I couldn't hear LBC
So just wondered with all the chat on here about accents did LBC employ any ?”
I don't know if the God of Bad Radio's gift to Mankind, Jono Coleman, counts. He's English born but was raised in Oz. He did the 10-1 morning slot back in the Crysalis days. Thankfully he didn't occupy it for long.




, with my reference to the Argentine junta. I see the EU as 'a bunch' of intransigent officials, they're so uncompromising - like 'a swarm' of self-appointed rulers. Will that do instead?