Babies

Am nit going to be watching it. Instead I binge watched the Other Bennet Sister.

Blimey, if you think their "London" accents are strong you should hear mine. I think their way of speaking was more estuary than specifically London.

I watched a bit of 'Babies' but gave up after about ten minutes, not because I found the accents difficult to understand but because it failed to grip me.

This is one of the reasons I almost always put the subtitles on with new series. Mumbling, poor sound recording, accents etc make it necessary!

(No need for subtitles on The Other Bennett Sister - a total joy to watch!)

It was poor ( cost cutting) sound quality.

Re TheOther Bennet Sister. That is why it’s so good on every level, details, details.

Yes, it is irritating when people omit letters from words…….we watched Channel 4 Batch From Scratch presented by Joe Swash and another person. Joe stated that they were travelling to “Nottnum” to visit the xxxxx family……NO Joe, you were visiting NOTTINGHAM!!!!!

I agree. I quite liked it but really struggled to decipher what they were actually saying. It was really difficult and I'm amazed that the makers/producers/whoever, didn't notice this before putting the programme out.
I solved it by putting sub titles on. But that shouldn't be necessary.

Estuary English is dreadful. Lived in Essex for over 40 years and always struggled.

Watermelon

The BBC's continuing downward spiral to appeal to hoi polloi and those of the lowest intelligence, intellect and education.
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I enjoyed Babies - found it very well acted and well written. I must be a member of the BBC loving hoi polloi I suppose.

Aarrgh! Don’t get me started. Beth Rigby on Sky News drives me nuts!! She drops every ‘g’ from the end of words. I’m surprised the entire country can’t hear me shouting ‘gettinG, movinG, waitinG etc’ at my TV 😂

My DH watches Football Focus on Saturday, and both of us cannot abide Alex Scott, who seems to have no T or G in her vocabulary and gabbles so fast.

There are other broad accents in her guests, after all they are there because of their football expertise, but she is the anchor and needs to do better

Lord Digby Jones mentioned this and was shot down. Her reply was she was proud of her roots, but MY London roots never dropped my Gs (although perhaps Hs), but then I never aspired to be a TV presenter for the whole nation

Why is it that some accents are considered to be indicators of low intelligence, intellectual and education. Many accents are difficult to understand if you are not familiar with them. But London accents are frequently derided in this way. What is a London accent anyway, used to usually mean Cockney when being criticised.

I could understand it easily, and I am from Manchester!
I also found it very moving, miscarriage is so often glossed over, it was good to see a programme that recognised how devastating it can be.
Guess I am another of the BBC loving hoi polloi

I, for one, am quite enjoying Babies. And I can’t say I noticed anything at all odd about the accents or even the audibility. However, I’m a born-and-bred Londoner and I do only watch programmes with subtitles, so maybe that explains it? Shame they haven’t provided subtitles for Bookish yet. I’d been looking forward to that.

I thoroughly enjoyed it and as I always have the subtitles on had no problems. I thought the actors were excellent.

I love Babies and have no trouble understanding the actors. I'm a Londoner but have never dropped a g or t or h in my life, I find that lazy more than a dialect.

It was recommended on Must Watch even though the presenters are not ‘baby minded’ because they said it’s important that people should understand the devastation of miscarriage and stillbirth.

Haven't viewed Babies and don't think I will now given the comments on the mumbling. Fed up truing to understand what's being said in some prigrammes, not the accent, it's the guttural speech and mumbling. Often tryi ncreasing sound in hope to understand but no luck. The Other Bennet Sister - fabulous.

I have been watching, use subtitles always if available. I havnt noticed the pronunciation, but will listen out for it next time I watch.

Barbadosbelle

Watermelon

The BBC's continuing downward spiral to appeal to hoi polloi and those of the lowest intelligence, intellect and education.
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Too true, I’m afraid. They are waging a war against RP.

I think Babies is brilliant. The drama is deliberately slowed down to capture human relationships. It shows just how hard it can be to say the things we really feel - how we avoid, pretend, or even joke to cover our painful emotions. I’ve only watched two episodes and I find it heart wrenching. To make this about London accents completely misses the point.

I use subtitles all the time these days because my hearing is so bad.

We are just the same. We find ourselves finishing off all her words that end in ing. I am beginning to wonder if she can't help it. The London mayor does it too.