Those who ridiculed my accent highlighted their ignorance – not mine | Russell Evans
Friday morning. I've made it to the end of the week. Reprieve from the school run for two days. I'm working most of the weekend though, but that's alright, because I am one of the very few people who loves what they do, and I'm grateful - especially because it wasn't always this way.
However, this week is different, as my phone starts to "ping" furiously. It seems I'm making waves online and in print. Why? Because of the way I speak. I'm a BBC TV announcer, and the Sun and the Daily Mail have taken exception to the way I pronounce certain words. I tend to say "f" instead of "th" - what's the "Funderball", the Sun demands? "Isn't the accent a bit estuary for the BBC?", wonders Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells. By mid-morning, I'm even the subject of a radio phone-in show. Everybody chimes in: "[He's] as bad as the Welsh woman on Channel 4," one caller says; there are even comments about how I look as opposed to how I sound.
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