Lucy Worsley : Speech impediment

Lucy Worsley's inability to properly pronounce words with an "r," is distracting. There was a time when anyone with a speech impediment as pronounced as hers, would never be on the air.

In this day of "anything goes," and of having "lesser standards," she is on the air and her strange way of talking is ignored.

She is very "cute," and seems sure of herself, so her handicap may not be holding her back, as it would have in our more "formal" past.

However, her speech impediment is distracting. In her light-hearted presentations, to date, it is charming, but, if I were trying to take notes, while she was attempting to lecture on mathematics, chemistry, engineering, or ancient foreign languages, I would be requesting a transfer.

Just think of the possibilities for children - historical narrationb68s by Elmer Fudds wife.

I totally agree; her horrible diction is quite distracting. She may be qualified as an historian, but she had zero business speaking as a host. Elmer Fudd indeed!

All I can say is you are very easily distracted. Attention Deficit Syndrome I assume.

There was a time when black people , disabled people and for the most part , women, were invisible on television .Those days , thank goodness, are never going to return , so I am afraid you will have to get used to diversity.

The fact is, Ms Worsley is a hugely popular presenter and much respected by her academic peers.As a life-long History enthusiast I always look forward to seeing her programs.

As a person with a disability myself, it is profoundly clear that discrimination against people with disabilities still pervades. You are part of the problem.

TBH her voice is not very engaging. Its not so much distracting but rather is is not cutting or crisp to really draw you in. BBC has her do weird quirky things to try and compensate for what I must also recognise but it's hard to really get immersed in her documentaries compared to other BBC British history docus. She's good looking and acts almost in a pantomime affected way but her odd voice just doesn't engage so her series are also not very engaging.

Thought it was just me. Just thought it odd to have chosen a narrator with a speech impediment. Plus some odd chose of words i.e. "The young queen was PRESSURIZED into adultery by Culpeper" (I know she's not necessarily the writer). Is this a British usage of the word? I would've thought the correct word would've been "pressured". Pressurized conjured up a image of Catherine being put in a big tank and having oxygen pumped in. Just wondering.