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6.30 English in Action
Ten programmes on language 6: Formal or Informal?
There is a world of difference between ' How do you do? ' and ' Wotcher. mate.'
LEE Davidson , Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Leeds, considers how the English we use to close friends on the one hand, and total strangers on the other, often varies in surprising ways. Producer ALAN WILDING

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Lee Davidson
Producer:
Alan Wilding
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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