Word: accented
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Broadcasters were instructed to pronounce the word "equerry" with the accent on the second syllable, slurring over the k sound. Reason for this, they discovered, was to avoid embarrassing the King, who has trouble with k, usually says e-wary...
...Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 97%; voice quality excellent, delivery excellent, mannerisms good, poise excellent. "His Harvard accent . . . would alienate him at once from the common man were it not overcome by the deep sincerity of his radio presentation." Only other noticeable blemish: the phrase "My friends," which "now seems like a radio trick...
...John Nance Garner, 86% ; voice quality fair, delivery good, mannerisms excellent, poise good. Attribute: his "down-to-earth Texas accent . . . hard-headed common sense . . . homely anecdotes and similes after the manner of the late Will Rogers." Liability: a flat, high-pitched voice, "not too pleasant to listen to over long periods...
...Oxford, protested that the Group's use of the name Oxford was misleading. Numerous other M.P.s got into the row, pro and con. Supporters pointed out that the name Oxford was not the exclusive property of Oxford but was applied to shoes, automobiles (Morris-Oxford), an accent. Last week the pros won. The Oxford Group's application was approved, and announced in the House of Commons...
Once the Randolphs are off to the Gold Coast with the proper blessing, Cinemactor Smith retires to rest up for the next imperial command, leaving the script to its own Sunday-supplement involvements. Operating on the Gold Coast is a scientific expedition with a German accent, run by a retired munitions magnate named Zurof. Zurof's outfit is stealthily engaged in cornering mines of war materials. Also operating somewhere in the neighborhood is a warmongering Mystery Radio, spewing anti-British propaganda and urging sabotage on all outposts of the Empire...