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Ageism and the World Service Language Style
Listeners object to the use of the phrase 'the wrong side of 50'
Complaints about a 'Reporting Religion' programme. Why did the reporter refer to some women as being 'on the wrong side of fifty'?
Also: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service language style and use of English. Sally-Anne Thomas, Senior Editor in News, demonstrates the online World Service Style Guide in the World Service newsroom and uses it to answer specific complaints from listeners.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project
