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-------- Original Message -------- From: "Coveney, Aidan" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: October 10, 2014 8:00:59 AM EDT To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Attitudes to Accents of English - Exeter lecturer on BBC My colleague, Dr Zoe Boughton (who, among other things, is a co-editor of the JFLS), gave a very nice interview on BBC radio yesterday about attitudes towards regional accents (of English). The topic arose because last week, the manager of the England football team (Roy Hodgson) seemed to imply that the new team captain, Wayne Rooney, wouldn't be able to give lectures, *due to his Liverpool accent*. (Not that most footballers have to give lectures anyway - nor do most lecturers have to play international football matches!) Here's a link to the programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0279ymf The interview starts at about 01:10.28 into the programme. Aidan Coveney Exeter -- Angus B. Grieve-Smith [log in to unmask] ######################################################################## The Variationist List - discussion of everything related to variationist sociolinguistics. To send messages to the VAR-L list (subscribers only), write to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe from the VAR-L list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=VAR-L&A=1