Aled Jones

A long while ago, I heard Aled Jones on a radio programme where he had to drink alcohol regularly every day to find out the effects of it.
I don't think he had to get drunk but I remember him saying that he was surprised to find himself feeling dependant on the alcohol really soon in the experiment.
He hadn't expected that, not normally being much of a drinker.

Has he really got a strong accent?! I just like listening to what he says and haven’t really noticed! ?

TwiceAsNice

I’m sorry I missed the programme I love him as a singer and have several of his CD’s including the Blessings one mentioned as a Christmas present. I have listened to him a lot since COVID started as I find his voice calming if I have been stressed.

As to the criticising of accents as someone who is welsh born I find that insulting , a welsh lilt is really pleasant to listen to.

I too love the lovely Welsh lilt, it's so musical.

fourormore

I'm really surprised no one has responded to this thread - I saw it yesterday but had too many bits and pieces to sort out and didn't post!
We watched Aled on Songs of Praise at lunchtime on Sunday and the BBC4 programme was mentioned at the end or we would have missed it.
He is really a lovely chap isn't he - we loved him when he was little and he didn't let fame go to his head did he? His parents kept him grounded.
I feel that he shields his family life and I don't blame him to be honest.
He seemed so humble and so unlike other 'celebrities' who go off the rails.
Can't believe he is 50!!!
Try and get his new CD - it's called Blessings and features, among others, Dame Judy Dench and Brian Blessed!!!
It's lovely!

I had the CD as a Christmas present and you're right, it is lovely and I have played it several times since Christmas.
Aled comes across as a gentle gentleman and not a pig gentlemen as men were known in olden days, differentiating between good men and bad.

My nephew is an opera singer and has toured with Aled Jones and shared a dressing room with him and others. He said he is quite shy but very friendly and pleasant. A perfect gentleman!

Floradora though doesn’t want anyone to have a strong accent
Which is spectacularly snobbish and insular.

Anthony Hopkins. Dylan Thomas.
A colleague I once fancied like mad.........

Richard Burton

I’m sorry I missed the programme I love him as a singer and have several of his CD’s including the Blessings one mentioned as a Christmas present. I have listened to him a lot since COVID started as I find his voice calming if I have been stressed.

As to the criticising of accents as someone who is welsh born I find that insulting , a welsh lilt is really pleasant to listen to.

or not as

When ever I hear French, Germans, or anyone else they speak English with an accent. No one bats an eyelid or judges them. it's just the way they speak.

I know that because I come from the gem of the shires That Belvoir Castle is Beaver Castle and Kibworth Beauchamp is Kibworth Beechum. Lots from darn sarth (even folks on Auntie Beeb) use their GCSE French on those. I try not to judge as question anyone's intelligence.

RP is not the correct way. There are many correct ways and as long as they can be understood all accents are fine.

Marmadoit and Lucca did you miss the pronunciation of the ‘composters’ names in whichever accent?

It was a lovely programme. His first language is Welsh, and it appeared that Welsh was spoken in the house and local shops when he was a kid.

Mamardoit. Agreed. Any presenter with “a strong accent “ ? Unbelievable.

As usual I hadn’t checked what was on, but caught the last 10 minutes or so.
Dh startled me by saying he’d never heard of him!

Marmardoit applause .

Callistemon my Welsh accent is unique, a mixture of Merthyr , Anglesey and Mid Wales ?, no Carms or Cards.

Floradora9

BBC dropped him after allegations of a sexual nature . It never came to anything . He annoys me with his accent on Classic FM he could at least try to pronounce the composter's names in their native German / French etc. Sorry if you come from Wales but I would say the same of any other strong accent a presenter has .

Just about the most stupid comment I've ever read on GN. And plenty spout complete bull shite on here! You can't roll time back to the 1950s.

AJ voice is perfectly clear. We need more regional accents on TV and radio that way everyone will get used to hearing them and hopefully be less stuck up and judgmental.

I like his adult voice, a pleasant light tenor. Some of his pieces are excellent, those lighter and controlled. Horses for courses.

Anniebach

apologising for criticising an accent !

The welsh have to put up with many English presenters who
can’t even say the name of a place in Wales unless it’s Cardiff or Newport.

?

And - for the record and I've said it before - there is not just one Welsh accent.
If he had a Northumbrian accent would anyone just refer to it as an English accent?

Yes dropped for a little while, not dropped .

Aled was dropped for a little while, Annie. I remember he was accused of making some puerile comments of a sexual nature to another presenter at a time when other heads were also rolling. He apologised and returned to presenting after a short period in the wilderness.

He was not dropped by the BBC, he is a presenter on
Songs of Praise . BBC1

And how anyone be pleased that allegations of a sexual nature
are made when they were not true .

Yes, he is indeed a gentleman of which I've always realised. A rarity in this world of greed and " celebrity " status of non-people. A lovely man.

Anniebach

apologising for criticising an accent !

The welsh have to put up with many English presenters who
can’t even say the name of a place in Wales unless it’s Cardiff or Newport.

Hear hear. We’ve had posters complaining About nicola sturgeons accent and now aled jones .......dear me.

Same here, Luckygirl. Aled is a pleasant enough presenter but there always has to be a rendition of something vaguely appropriate before the credits roll.

At least he didn't sing on Escape to the Country.