Ian Smith

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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 · The People Have Spoken Ep3. British Maple Syrup · 4 Sep 2026 podcast

That it's British.

But maybe like a Greg's halfway up.

Yeah.

That'd be nice.

Personally, um I think there's a ton of landmarks to bring into British possession.

And I know, we're all thinking it, make the Taj Mahalla weather spoons.

It'd make Tim Martin furious and the curry club would be electric.

We paint the Brandenburg Gate pink and yellow.

Now it's a lovely slice of Batemberg Gate.

We push a little shopping trolley into Venice's Grand Canal and suddenly you could be in Birmingham.

The Colosseum was where thousands of people gathered to watch brutal joyless slaughter week after week, so we can just rename that the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

This week a survey found around one in ten of us feel anxious about our accents in a work setting.

And before you ask, yes, of course I am very worried that a lot of you can't understand what Cody's saying.

The BBC spoke to a university student who was worried about people noticing her northern accent and assuming she was less intellectual.

She said, Hey, oh, bloody hell me voice this read northern Um She does she does sound a bit stupid to be fair to her.

People frequently judge others by their accents, making snap decisions about your background simply on the basis of whether you call the place where you wash yourself the bath, the bath, or to cold scuttle filled with stagnant dishwater.

Research has found that thirteen percent of workers actively soften their regional accents to avoid people making assumptions about their intelligence.

I've always favored the other eighty-seven percent's tactic.

Keep your mouth shut for as long as possible and let your work prove you're thick as shit.

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