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Old November 28th 07, 07:38 PM posted to uk.transport.london
John Rowland John Rowland is offline
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Default London PA Voice Emma Clarke F ired for Slamming Tube

Stephen Farrow wrote:
John Rowland wrote:

Since Emma can't say Highgate properly, and obviously belongs
to a certain class,


Snobbery is never attractive.


I wasn't suggesting that there is anything wrong with speaking like that, or
that her accent wouldn't be suitable for a private company's recordings,
merely that a more class-neutral accent would have been more suitable for
publicly funded transport.