– including many elderly – in her “natural” voice rather than purposefully speaking for clarity. Many people will adapt their speech slightly when giving a public presentation or when talking to the hard of hearing, making a conscious effort to pronounce every part of their words, whereas Scott broadcasts to an audience of millions, However, since Scott’s speech is very clearly that of a native Londoner, discrimination against her speech is not about metropolitan-regional chauvinism but very clearly class-based, in a way that intersects uncomfortably both with racial issues (Scott, like many people with her accent, is mixed race, and criticism of her accent has been widely condemned as racist) and the unfortunate truth that dropping so many syllables makes her speech harder to understand for older people in particular.
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Discrimination against “regional” accents always had a certain degree of class discrimination, and certainly upper middle-class parents in “the regions” would often encourage their children to adopt less geographically-identifying modes of speech, but to a large extent it reflected London’s economic, political and, ultimately, cultural dominance.
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However, Scott’s accent is the distinctive working-class youth accent of London (perhaps not all that distinctive – since it is widespread in popular culture it has been adopted by young people seeking a certain kind of “credibility” from quite far away from London and often not even very working-class in origin) and as such she often does not pronounce the ends of many words, hence the criticism of “unclear” or even “lazy” pronunciation.
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In much the same way that someone speaking perfectly polished RP would often claim they are speaking “without an accent” (I have heard people say this!), London is obviously a region and yet “regional” accents are confined to provincial England, with Pickles having a Yorkshire accent – prime example of a “regional accent” – as a case in point. It was very much speaking to kids on their wavelength at that time in a way that other shows weren't," he said.An interesting aspect of the Alex Scott accent “controversy” is that she has a very strong London accent, whereas historically London + Home Counties accents have been exempted from the the term “regional accent”. "She was a female role model, which was actually very rare at the time. There were also claims that the cartoon reinforces gender stereotypes.īut Badminton said from the very beginning the 4-year-old pig has been ahead of her time. One episode was pulled off screens in Australia, and some say Daddy Pig, a character in the show, had been fat-shamed in the series. It makes people happy," said Blessed of the show.īut even Peppa Pig has experienced controversy. Brian Blessed is an acclaimed Shakespearian performer with a famously loud voice who plays Grampy Rabbit, a fitness-obsessed senior citizen. Some of Peppa's anthropomorphic friends are voiced by illustrious British actors. "Nothing's ever allowed to get to a point of real conflict, which is part of the simplicity of the storytelling, making sure that we're not overcomplicating the stories, really, so that we can stay that pure and in the moment," Peppa Pig producer Jamie Badminton said.
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The series has no conflict and doesn't feature any villains or evil characters. "We actually kind of create a flow of logic that is very easy to follow for a 4-year-old," Tran said.