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Sara Cox please just stop!!!

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YorkshireMedusa · 09/09/2024 16:41

I've heard her put on a weird voice and repeatedly say, 20+ times, Scooby Dooby Doo in said weird voice. Turned off and 10 minutes later went into a shop that had Radio 2 on and she was still doing it. FFS she's paid a fortune for that nonsense and we're paying through the licence fee.

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thisismygrumpyface · 14/06/2025 00:12

menopausalfart · 07/06/2025 16:37

The only radio personality I listen to is James O'Brien.

Are you a masochist?

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YorkshireMedusa · 13/06/2025 18:19

A married woman is a waaaaarrrrrff
On a Friday people like a glass of bottle of waaaaaarrrnn

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NoMoreStupidGuys · 10/06/2025 15:04

herecomesautumn · 07/06/2025 16:32

And now "zo bird" has spoiled Saturday afternoon listening

I think she is fine on a Saturday, without the zoo posse it's a very different take on the show.

mids2019 · 10/06/2025 06:36

I am from the North and a northern accent is something quite natural not something forced like Sara's. You listen and expect her to quip, 'I 'm working class me, where s the gravy'.it just seems to be an exaggeration of an accent to cement working class credentials to become more relatable.....it's annoying.

JMSA · 07/06/2025 18:11

KnottedTwine · 07/06/2025 17:41

Given that he's openly gay, I doubt it. 🙄

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Maybe it was Evans or Moyles. One of the Chris gobshites anyway.

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YorkshireMedusa · 07/06/2025 18:03

storminabuttercup · 07/06/2025 17:16

This thread was horrid when it was started and it’s been resurrected with more of the same

imagine seeing a thread about you just doing your job with this much bitchiness

so much for women supporting women

I started this thread to talk about the pointless chatter on the show I heard that didn't seem suited to an adult audience. That's not bitching. If I listen to a radio show ostensibly for adults, I don't want to feel I've accidentally tuned into Play away, regardless of who is presenting it.

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KnottedTwine · 07/06/2025 17:41

JMSA · 07/06/2025 17:27

Is Scott Mills the one who said “I still would”, as Britney Spears was being wheeled out to an ambulance mid-breakdown?

Given that he's openly gay, I doubt it. 🙄

JMSA · 07/06/2025 17:27

Is Scott Mills the one who said “I still would”, as Britney Spears was being wheeled out to an ambulance mid-breakdown?

storminabuttercup · 07/06/2025 17:16

This thread was horrid when it was started and it’s been resurrected with more of the same

imagine seeing a thread about you just doing your job with this much bitchiness

so much for women supporting women

Zuma76 · 07/06/2025 17:16

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 07/06/2025 16:38

It's not the northern accent. I live in the North of England and have no issue with northern accents. She just puts on weird, stupid voices and it's annoying.

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Fine if you don’t like listening to her - it’s really simple. Just don’t listen. If you want to bitch about her do it irl. I don’t get the need to post on a very public forum if you don’t like a radio DJ. How are we supposed to educate our kids on being kind on social media when so many adult women are willing to chat with people they don’t know about a women they don’t know.

SALaw · 07/06/2025 17:10

Love Sara Cox

MadKittenWoman · 07/06/2025 16:38

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 07/06/2025 16:38

It's not the northern accent. I live in the North of England and have no issue with northern accents. She just puts on weird, stupid voices and it's annoying.

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THIS! Just stop it.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 07/06/2025 16:38

Zuma76 · 09/09/2024 17:42

I also think she is fab. It’s a shame a northern accent is so grating for some people. If you don’t like the show don’t watch it. Why do you have to whinge about it.

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It's not the northern accent. I live in the North of England and have no issue with northern accents. She just puts on weird, stupid voices and it's annoying.

menopausalfart · 07/06/2025 16:37

The only radio personality I listen to is James O'Brien.

herecomesautumn · 07/06/2025 16:32

And now "zo bird" has spoiled Saturday afternoon listening

Arconialiving · 07/06/2025 09:53

I love Sara Cox!

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YorkshireMedusa · 06/06/2025 06:53

Crikeyalmighty · 05/06/2025 10:17

@Seasmoke I’ve got a midlands/northern accent still after being away 30 years and live in Bath - and yep the idea that we might come from
middle class families seems anathema to the very posh - as someone said to me ‘yep but you sound like an educated northerner’

I am the OP of this and I'd forgotten about it, just saw it in "I'm on". I remember the show in question. I wasn't talking about her accent. It was repetitive silly waffle from memory.

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piscofrisco · 05/06/2025 11:14

Agreed from one Frisco to another @DiscoinFrisco. I actually love her show as do most of my friends of similar age (mid 40’s).

DiscoinFrisco · 05/06/2025 10:39

Oh leave her alone. Why resurrect such a nasty thread.?

Crikeyalmighty · 05/06/2025 10:17

@Seasmoke I’ve got a midlands/northern accent still after being away 30 years and live in Bath - and yep the idea that we might come from
middle class families seems anathema to the very posh - as someone said to me ‘yep but you sound like an educated northerner’

TipsyRaven247 · 05/06/2025 09:19

She is pathetic.

NoMoreStupidGuys · 05/06/2025 09:08

I was reading a book this morning where one of the characters "cackled" and that reminded me of Liza Tarbuck and Elaine Paige who both do this. (Searched for Liza Tarbuck and found a thread about Sara Cox - I do agree with the OP on this too).

RenoDakota · 06/10/2024 09:07

I used to like Sara Cox's radio show but unfortunately she has morphed into I'm-mad-me Liza Tarbuck, with the constant stupid voices. It is excruciating.
Still like her on her book programme though, where she talks perfectly normally.

IMustDoMoreExercise · 05/10/2024 16:02

MrsSlocombesCat · 05/10/2024 12:37

I have to be honest here. I have always preferred a man's voice on the radio. On the flip side, I prefer women's singing voices. I wonder if men find the female DJ's as irritating?

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I was like you until I started listening to Absolute Radio.

They have some excellent female djs- Clare Sturgess, Danielle Perry and Sarah Champion.

Mnetcurious · 05/10/2024 15:46

Seasmoke · 05/10/2024 12:17

I like Vernon Kay and think he's really good, but his high pitched laughing and this drive me nuts!
Is it from an Oasis song?

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Yes I was just about to comment I think the sunshiiine thing is Oasis. Agree @RaraRachael it’s annoying!