| Fun quiz, thanks! For North Americans and other non-brits, the Shipping Forecast is broadcast several times daily on BBC Radio 4, the main serious non-music channel. As sausage suggests above, it has a rhythmic, evocative quality that one hears and imbibes irrespective of involvement with the sea or seafaring. Most Brits who've ever spent time listening to R4 would be able to get 30-40% of these at least, I'd say |