inverness

[freddie]

I was quoting 'The Singing Postman', a music act that won Oportunity Knocks back in the 60's I have many happy childhood memories of Great Yarmouth and love the accent and dialect. I remember now that the program was about a UFO incident.

[KD Burke]

I frequently listen to the BBC World Service while commuting. It's a wonderful opportunity to hear, and attempt to analyze accents. Just the words "World Service" are spoken in so may wonderfully interesting ways.

The typical "BBC Presenter" received pronunciation version is something along the lines of wuhld suh-viss.
That may be followed by a woman with an Irish accent which sounds like wear-ald sair-viss.

[Downunder Kilt]

I find fascinating , the american silent H of the word herb yet the h is sounded in the name Herbert and the word herbaceous

[The Q]

I was quoting 'The Singing Postman', a music act that won Oportunity Knocks back in the 60's I have many happy childhood memories of Great Yarmouth and love the accent and dialect. I remember now that the program was about a UFO incident.

Not quite right,
Allen Smethurst the singing postman got his break by having his demo tape being played on Ralph Tucks regional Wednesday morning show 1964. After several records on Tucks record labels he was picked up by EMI and thence to full fame.
A Lancastrian by birth of a Norfolk mother he spent much of his childhood in Norfolk. But most of the songs were written while a post man in Grimsby Lincolnshire.
Sadly he didn't cope with the fame and his career only lasted about six years he gave up due to alcohol in 1970 and died in A Salvation Army hostel 2000

[freddie]

Quite right. It's funny how time plays tricks on the mind! Sad to hear about his demise.