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World Service,19 Aug 2005,13 mins

Accents from Around the World

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Comments from listeners on subjects including the use of announcers with African accents, BBC World Service drama repeats, Spanish versus English broadcasts in Buenos Aires and the pronunciation of people's names. Katherine Sangster of the BBC's Pronunciation Unit demonstrates the BBC's database of correct pronunciations.

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