KuaiLe
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- May 21, 2006
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- Chinese
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- Taiwan
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- Taiwan
Dear all,
I read about BBC English, and it says:
Given John Reith’s influence, it is difficult to square assurances of apparent linguistic neutrality with a line from Broadcast over Britain: ‘One hears the most appalling travesties of vowel pronunciation.’
I am pretty confused about the whole sentence.
Firstly, what does "square assurances of apparent linguistic neutrality" mean?
Secondly, does "One hears the most appalling travesties of vowel pronunciation" simply mean that "there are appalling ways to pronunce vowels" ?
I read about BBC English, and it says:
Given John Reith’s influence, it is difficult to square assurances of apparent linguistic neutrality with a line from Broadcast over Britain: ‘One hears the most appalling travesties of vowel pronunciation.’
I am pretty confused about the whole sentence.
Firstly, what does "square assurances of apparent linguistic neutrality" mean?
Secondly, does "One hears the most appalling travesties of vowel pronunciation" simply mean that "there are appalling ways to pronunce vowels" ?