Today I Found Out

The Nazis, The British Accent, and BBC News (2016x83)

: 29, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Green Coca-Cola... and 5 other everyday myths https://youtu.be/EmUo-TEP2FU?list=PLR0XuDegDqP1IHZBUZvKkPwkTr6Gr0OBO The Coming Banana Apocalypse https://youtu.be/pCpmtI6oDLM?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF In this video: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is an institution known and respected the world over for its relative impartiality and objectivity compared to many other news sources, with numerous surveys showing that the BBC is one of the most trusted sources of news in both the UK and the US. But we’re not here to talk about that. We’re here to talk about dinner jackets, Received Pronunciation, the Nazis, and what all of this has to do with the BBC News. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/09/dinner-jacket-nazis-british-accent-bbc-news/ Sources: http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/find-out-more/received-pronunciation/ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BdAE2ZnBfocC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=bbc+news+oxford+accent&source=bl&ots=Wi8JLS2KKC&sig=XM9Jx4qIUtWHMMqW12e3PVBj4cE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCEQ6AEwADgKahUKEwiJ_Zy87eTHAhWqFNsKHYSwBVQ#v=onepage&q=bbc%20news%20oxford%20accent&f=false http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/yourvoice/accents.shtml https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QMsWFsI0YkIC&pg=PT198&lpg=PT198&dq=bbc+news+oxford+accent&source=bl&ots=O0tBHFosE8&sig=8eHztt6J8Wx2yepLPhTYJFhyLFo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAzgKahUKEwiJ_Zy87eTHAhWqFNsKHYSwBVQ#v=onepage&q=bbc%20news%20oxford%20accent&f=false http://news.bbc.co.uk/aboutbbcnews/spl/hi/history/noflash/html/1930s.stm https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=c55ZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117&dq=bbc+news+dinner+jac