Wednesday, 6 May 2009

The 6 o'clock News - Tom Leonard


this is thi

six a clock

news thi

man said n

thi reason

a talk wia

BBC accent

iz coz yi

widny wahnt

mi ti talk

aboot thi

trooth wia

voice lik

wanna yoo

scruff. if

a toktaboot

thi trooth

lik wanna yoo

scruff yi

widny thingk

it wuz troo.

jist wanna yoo

scruff tokn.

thirza right

way ti spell

ana right way

to tok it. this

is me tokn yir

right way a

spellin. this

is ma trooth.

yooz doant no

thi trooth

yirsellz cawz

yi canny talk

right. this is

the six a clock

nyooz. belt up.


- I wiz hinking aboot this alot like. I hink Leonard is trying tae say that everywan shud speak posh n that... He says if newsreaders spoke in a more common accent people would not believe the news anymore. The Glasgow-born poet is defending his roots by saying the truth is the truth regardless of how it is spoken or who it is told by.

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