BBC internal name
Gordon Joly
gordon.joly at pobox.com
Tue Dec 13 23:42:55 GMT 2005
At 14:16 -0800 7/12/05, John Costello wrote:
>A friend mentioned that the BBC has a name they use internally to refer to
>the Beeb. It isn't "Beeb" but something along the lines of "Mother". Can
>someone confirm this?
>
"Auntie" probably dates back to the Second World War. But the modern
BBC has tried to stop the use of the term. Fat chance.
Gordo
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