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There was a 4 chime variation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_chimes#The_%22fourth_chime%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_chimes#The_%22fourth_chime...

There was a 4 chime variation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_chimes#The_%22fourth_chime%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_chimes#The_%22fourth_chime... On D-Day in World War II: "At 2:30 a.m. the network was put on 'flash' basis; the NBC four-chime-alert calling all newsmen and commentators to their microphones, key operating personnel to their stations, sounded from the newsroom control room" The fourth chime and NBC Radio's announcement of D-Day are here: http://www.nbcchimes.info/nbcsounds.php http://www.nbcchimes.info/nbcsounds.php

xxpor 6y ago
Unrelated, but I noticed the anchor said Allied as "a-LIED" instead of "AL-lied" I'd typically hear today. I wonder if that was the typical pronunciation back then? Edit: it appears the pronunciation in the UK is the same one used in the audio, according to https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/allied https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/allied. I'd hazard a guess this means the US pronunciation has evolved over time
- Stratoscope 6y ago
  Given the date and the pronunciation "a-LIED", this sounds like the Mid-Atlantic accent, an invented accent that was taught in acting and preparatory schools in those days. Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn were among the best-known practitioners of this accent. It was very common in movies and newscasts back then. In the NBC Chimes Museum article, the announcer in the first audio clip under "1944 the fourth chime" is another good example of the Mid-Atlantic accent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent https://www.google.com/search?q=mid-atlantic+accent https://www.google.com/search?q=mid-atlantic+accent
  - 082349872349872 6y ago
    Speaking of US non-rhotic accents, I was amused[1] to learn that the admonishment to Use Yah Blinkah has recently been joined by Stay Wicked Fah Apaht Bonus quinzy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7g3RuoreRc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7g3RuoreRc [1] which explains why I am also a fan of Mister B, who puts the RP in RaP.

xxpor 6y ago

Unrelated, but I noticed the anchor said Allied as "a-LIED" instead of "AL-lied" I'd typically hear today. I wonder if that was the typical pronunciation back then? Edit: it appears the pronunciation in the UK is the same one used in the audio, according to https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/allied https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/allied. I'd hazard a guess this means the US pronunciation has evolved over time

Stratoscope 6y ago
Given the date and the pronunciation "a-LIED", this sounds like the Mid-Atlantic accent, an invented accent that was taught in acting and preparatory schools in those days. Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn were among the best-known practitioners of this accent. It was very common in movies and newscasts back then. In the NBC Chimes Museum article, the announcer in the first audio clip under "1944 the fourth chime" is another good example of the Mid-Atlantic accent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent https://www.google.com/search?q=mid-atlantic+accent https://www.google.com/search?q=mid-atlantic+accent
- 082349872349872 6y ago
  Speaking of US non-rhotic accents, I was amused[1] to learn that the admonishment to Use Yah Blinkah has recently been joined by Stay Wicked Fah Apaht Bonus quinzy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7g3RuoreRc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7g3RuoreRc [1] which explains why I am also a fan of Mister B, who puts the RP in RaP.