I miss Laura Trevelyan on BBCtoo bad she retired too soon?

Au contraire! As a UK resident, but Virginia-born US citizen with grandparents and parents from Ontario, Kansas, and Boston, I’m fascinated by Laura T’s accent. In fact, I love listening to her because the accent sounds like a mix of West Country and places in the US South. Nasal or not, she has important things to say. And I could listen to her all day.
Incidentally, many people mistake me as Canadian, a relief while The Donald was in office.

How wonderful!! She is gone at last!!!

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Anonymous wrote:We won't have her to complain about any more as tonight was her last night on BBC. She is quitting to work in Caribbean in reparative capacity to make up for her ancestors who were slave holders and to work with others whose family owned slaves.

I wish her well.

Finally we can put this ridiculous thread to bed.

If it's so ridiculous, what does it say about you that you felt compelled to post?

Anonymous wrote:We won't have her to complain about any more as tonight was her last night on BBC. She is quitting to work in Caribbean in reparative capacity to make up for her ancestors who were slave holders and to work with others whose family owned slaves.

I wish her well.

Finally we can put this ridiculous thread to bed.

Her accent left much to be desired but she is a woman of admirable qualities and I wish her all the best in her new endeavor

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Just listened to her on YouTube for the first time ever. I’ve been slightly annoyed this thread keeps popping up because I have no idea who she is….but my God! She really does sound awful!!!!!

unique for this side of the pond and very pleasant, she’s what brought me to BBC news. Don’t disappear… come back soon

We won't have her to complain about any more as tonight was her last night on BBC. She is quitting to work in Caribbean in reparative capacity to make up for her ancestors who were slave holders and to work with others whose family owned slaves.

I wish her well.

Anonymous wrote:I would have to agree. The older she gets, the worse her accent becomes. I only get part of what she says, then I have to switch channels.

I have resorted to captions.

It has been so good not to have Travelyan on the BBC News. We are all hoping she is off the air for good.

Where is Laura? Has she been replaced? I hope so. We have suffered too long with that dreadful accent!

I would have to agree. The older she gets, the worse her accent becomes. I only get part of what she says, then I have to switch channels.

OMG, her accent is getting worse! I was Watching BBC America and could barely understand her! She has lived in the US for years so why is her English unintelligible? Actually, I'm just guessing that she was speaking English.