Devon & Cornwall - series on More 4

[Blobby10]

Is anyone watching this? If so, do you know who the commentator is? Her accent is really bugging me and she keeps dropping her h's in the wrong place and adding them unnecessarily! But her voice sounds familiar

@Blobby10 my apologies if I misread that bit.
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@ihaventgottimeforthis indeed. Or ants with glue ear!?

Her accent was awful - we thought she might have come from Norfolk or similar as it definitely wasn't any Cornish or Devonshire dialect I've ever heard (a third of my family are from Cornwall and the rest from Devon)

I'm on the Lizard and have never heard grommets, emmets yes but not grommets

I see the writer is Will Coleman (Man Engine bloke) who has an accent similar to Jenny Coverack’s... ie not entirely convincing.
It was interesting watching the telly when he received the award for the Man Engine, he was so surprised he appeared to forget his Cornishness and lapsed into normal speech for a moment or two.
Hopefully this will be interpreted as an affectionate dig at Will, I have fond memories of afternoons talking to him on my Nan’s front lawn.

The programme creators have responded to criticism according to Cornwall Live

www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/creators-devon-cornwall-more4-respond-2739207

It's too little too late, really, isn't it? They must have known that the VO was inauthentic and weren't worried until lots of people complained.

Yes I really don't know how they thought that crazy accent would avoid ridicule.

Portia I expect they thought that we are all so thick down 'ere we wouldn't notice a few dropped aitches. Annoying, patronising and insulting.

Just watched the prog on catch up. I'm from Gloucestershire now living in Cornwall and I've never heard an accent like it either, definitely not West Country and spoilt a lovely program. Let's hope they can do something before next week's episode!!

I've actually been called thick by a tourist a couple of years back Fuzzy because apparently anyone who speaks like me has to be now that was insulting, seems to be the general idea though.

@Blobby10 @Ihaventgottimeforthis @Mollyjam28113 Grommets do exist..... although we always shortened it to groms. A grom is the next generation/ kid who's into boarding. :) Watching the 2nd episode now, dear god, make her stop!!! (Or find (H)er a few bleddy (H)aitches) :)

@mrsrufyed where are you? Never heard of groms! Cornish maid here too, feel like I've missed out! Always been emmets outside my door 😂

I grew up in Newquay, tried to escape to England, but am back and in Portreath, maybe groms was an Aussie thing that surfers introduced? Where you to?

@Mrsrufyed down 'droof, I mean, Redruth!

Watching this without volume now. Devon born and bred here and never heard anyone like that.

Emmets, are tourists. If you have a tan on your legs and it stops at the ankle, where your socks are. Those are emmet rings. Shows the difference between a local whose feet and legs are all tanned and a tourist who wears socks most of the time apart from on holiday.

Watched this programme a few weeks ago - family originally from South Hams, spent fair bit of time there in my youth visiting GPs and other relatives during holidays and still holiday there now. Always schedule in a day to visit the cottage and churchyard to tidy the graves. Visited Cornwall a fair old bit aswell. I am Bristolian.

First thing I did was google the commentator as that was no accent I'd ever heard before, was thinking probably Norfolk - how wrong was I. No one I have ever known drops their 'Hs' like that. It was so pronounced, almost an affectation.

In North Devon, we call tourists 'Grockles'

I watched the first episode last week and within 10 mins was thinking wtf regarding the narrator's 'accent' it got worse as the programme went on. Dropping H's all over the place. It is cringeworthy.

Her voice reminded me of the Caramel Rabbit advert back in the 1980's.

Lived all my life in the south west and have never heard such a ridiculous accent.

Was all over Devon and Cornwall news last night. I doubt it will get a 2nd series.

Did anyone ever watch the late Johnny Kingdom on TV? That's the type of voice/accent I could imagine narrating the programme.

Poor Johnny

He was a lovely real local gent.

I’m just watching Devon and Cornwall and keep saying ‘who is she’, The narrator has a really odd accent who sounds like she’s pretendiing. . I’m Cornish and it’s bugging me.

Cornish through and through in this house and we have deleted it from our planner after getting approx 15 mins into the first one and having to stop. First it was disbelief, then found it kind of funny, then just plain insulted and irritated as it went on. I love a bit of easy tv, but I can't get past that voice over.

My fave online quotes on the matter were that the accent was 'about as welcome as a carrot in a pasty' and that 'it takes a lot to unite the people of Devon and Cornwall but Jenny Coverack has managed it'