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Old November 29th 07, 03:02 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default London PA Voice Emma Clarke F ired for Slamming Tube

John Rowland wrote:
Stephen Farrow wrote:
John Rowland wrote:

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

Snobbery is never attractive.


This:

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,


Doesn't entirely go with this:

merely that a more class-neutral accent would have been more suitable for
publicly funded transport.


As I said, snobbery is never attractive.

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Stephen

Veronica: I don't know if I like the idea of you running around a place
full of armed, drunk businessmen.
Keith: That's why I rarely go to Texas.
 
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