Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
BristolRich said:
Don't know why but I always get mega cringe when the local tv news reader makes an attempt of using "football vocabulary"...the report usually follows a highly informative and deadly serious report on full dog s
t bins at the local park...
"Dempsy put the Glovers 4-2 ahead in the 85th thanks to a nice back heel from Higinson followed by a give and go in the 10yard box nutmegging the keeper at the nearest. The visitors kept the pressure on thanks to a counter attack move in extra time with a clinical finish equaliser..."
You just know they have no idea what they are saying or what any of it means....
Much like yourself, 10 yard box indeed! t bins at the local park... "Dempsy put the Glovers 4-2 ahead in the 85th thanks to a nice back heel from Higinson followed by a give and go in the 10yard box nutmegging the keeper at the nearest. The visitors kept the pressure on thanks to a counter attack move in extra time with a clinical finish equaliser..."
You just know they have no idea what they are saying or what any of it means....
We could argue all day on this one, but mis-pronunciation of foreign words.
That Greek guy is opening a new branch of Boux Avenue locally, and they're advertising regularly on the telly. Nice ad, lots of attractive young women gussied up like the Python lumberjack, but the voiceover announces "the" word as "lawnjeray". We are not Americans. We are not a bunch of dumb rednecks. We are 20 miles away from the country that spawned this word. GET IT RIGHT!
BBC news presenters are reputed to be coached how to pronounce difficult names and words before they go on air. Why can't everybody else whose voice is being broadcast to the nation? "Lonjeree". We don't say "La Vay En Rose" do we? So why can't we get it right?
That Greek guy is opening a new branch of Boux Avenue locally, and they're advertising regularly on the telly. Nice ad, lots of attractive young women gussied up like the Python lumberjack, but the voiceover announces "the" word as "lawnjeray". We are not Americans. We are not a bunch of dumb rednecks. We are 20 miles away from the country that spawned this word. GET IT RIGHT!
BBC news presenters are reputed to be coached how to pronounce difficult names and words before they go on air. Why can't everybody else whose voice is being broadcast to the nation? "Lonjeree". We don't say "La Vay En Rose" do we? So why can't we get it right?
AstonZagato said:
Local TV news is pretty cringeworthy full stop.
My wife was quite friendly with one of the local BBC news readers. She is a nice person and does a good job. However, she has a happy voice for good news stories and a sad/serious voice for bad news and, for me, I find it hard to watch her. I'm also pretty sure she doesn't always use the right voice for the right story, which I find funny.
Every night the local news will 'go over LIVE' to some godforsaken hole where something happened 8 - 10 hours ago (but in daylight and when people were about - not deserted darkness) and ask the poor, cold, damp wretch two prepared questions that add precisely nothing to our understanding.My wife was quite friendly with one of the local BBC news readers. She is a nice person and does a good job. However, she has a happy voice for good news stories and a sad/serious voice for bad news and, for me, I find it hard to watch her. I'm also pretty sure she doesn't always use the right voice for the right story, which I find funny.
Every night. Without fail. And still I watch it...even my own regimented behaviour annoys me.
The Don of Croy said:
Every night the local news will 'go over LIVE' to some godforsaken hole where something happened 8 - 10 hours ago (but in daylight and when people were about - not deserted darkness) and ask the poor, cold, damp wretch two prepared questions that add precisely nothing to our understanding.
Every night. Without fail. And still I watch it...even my own regimented behaviour annoys me.
Every night. Without fail. And still I watch it...even my own regimented behaviour annoys me.
100% agree. The BBC sent a poor girl (and presumably a camera crew) to somewhere in the Outer Hebrides last week for no other reason than to stand on a windswept beach in the rain & tell us it was very windy and raining. They kept going back to her every 30 minutes as well just to make sure it was still windy and raining. Stupid.
The other thing that annoys me about TV people is stupid questions. If it's sport, the match / race will finish & the sportspeople will be heading back to the changing room / pits. No doubt, they'll be exhausted & some clown will stick a camera in their face, a microphone practically up their nose & ask them something trivial like "So David, in the 12th minute you conceded a free kick - do you think that had anything to do with the other team scoring in the 2nd half?" or "Jenson, in the 9th lap of the race, you seemed to put a wheel over a line - do you think the FIA will be examining the rule books to see if you should be docked a point?". I'd be telling someone to FRO if they did that to me
Press photographers also do something similar to people e.g. the PM when they start shouting questions across the street as they're getting out of a car & walking in somewhere. I can't think of a time where anybody has ever stopped and answered a question like that so why bother!
People writing professionally who are unable to spell. Take the following article from the Independant - the writer doesn't know the difference between 'balling' and 'bawling', 'poured' and 'pored'. When your entire job is to communicate in writing using the English language this sort of failure is inexcusable 
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/fi...
Edit to add they've now fixed the spelling after I complained. Response I got is below:
Dear MartG
Thank you for contacting us via our online complaints form. We are always glad to hear from our readers, whether or not feedback is positive, and I am grateful to you for taking the time to get in touch.
I do apologise for the spelling errors included in the article. We do try to check the spelling and grammar in our articles prior to publication, but regrettably mistakes do slip through the net. We will continue to strive to improve on this. I have now corrected the errors you highlighted.
I hope in spite of these mistakes that you will continue to read and enjoy The Independent. And please do not hesitate to contact me again in the future should cause arise.
With best regards
Elizabeth Cobbe
Readers' Liaison Assistant
London Evening Standard, The Independent, i & Independent on Sunday
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/fi...
Edit to add they've now fixed the spelling after I complained. Response I got is below:
Dear MartG
Thank you for contacting us via our online complaints form. We are always glad to hear from our readers, whether or not feedback is positive, and I am grateful to you for taking the time to get in touch.
I do apologise for the spelling errors included in the article. We do try to check the spelling and grammar in our articles prior to publication, but regrettably mistakes do slip through the net. We will continue to strive to improve on this. I have now corrected the errors you highlighted.
I hope in spite of these mistakes that you will continue to read and enjoy The Independent. And please do not hesitate to contact me again in the future should cause arise.
With best regards
Elizabeth Cobbe
Readers' Liaison Assistant
London Evening Standard, The Independent, i & Independent on Sunday
Edited by MartG on Wednesday 3rd February 12:15
nicanary said:
We could argue all day on this one, but mis-pronunciation of foreign words.
That Greek guy is opening a new branch of Boux Avenue locally, and they're advertising regularly on the telly. Nice ad, lots of attractive young women gussied up like the Python lumberjack, but the voiceover announces "the" word as "lawnjeray". We are not Americans. We are not a bunch of dumb rednecks. We are 20 miles away from the country that spawned this word. GET IT RIGHT!
BBC news presenters are reputed to be coached how to pronounce difficult names and words before they go on air. Why can't everybody else whose voice is being broadcast to the nation? "Lonjeree". We don't say "La Vay En Rose" do we? So why can't we get it right?
La Vay En Rose for what? I'm struggling to see what that's an incorrect pronunciation of.That Greek guy is opening a new branch of Boux Avenue locally, and they're advertising regularly on the telly. Nice ad, lots of attractive young women gussied up like the Python lumberjack, but the voiceover announces "the" word as "lawnjeray". We are not Americans. We are not a bunch of dumb rednecks. We are 20 miles away from the country that spawned this word. GET IT RIGHT!
BBC news presenters are reputed to be coached how to pronounce difficult names and words before they go on air. Why can't everybody else whose voice is being broadcast to the nation? "Lonjeree". We don't say "La Vay En Rose" do we? So why can't we get it right?
Antony Moxey said:
nicanary said:
We could argue all day on this one, but mis-pronunciation of foreign words.
That Greek guy is opening a new branch of Boux Avenue locally, and they're advertising regularly on the telly. Nice ad, lots of attractive young women gussied up like the Python lumberjack, but the voiceover announces "the" word as "lawnjeray". We are not Americans. We are not a bunch of dumb rednecks. We are 20 miles away from the country that spawned this word. GET IT RIGHT!
BBC news presenters are reputed to be coached how to pronounce difficult names and words before they go on air. Why can't everybody else whose voice is being broadcast to the nation? "Lonjeree". We don't say "La Vay En Rose" do we? So why can't we get it right?
La Vay En Rose for what? I'm struggling to see what that's an incorrect pronunciation of.That Greek guy is opening a new branch of Boux Avenue locally, and they're advertising regularly on the telly. Nice ad, lots of attractive young women gussied up like the Python lumberjack, but the voiceover announces "the" word as "lawnjeray". We are not Americans. We are not a bunch of dumb rednecks. We are 20 miles away from the country that spawned this word. GET IT RIGHT!
BBC news presenters are reputed to be coached how to pronounce difficult names and words before they go on air. Why can't everybody else whose voice is being broadcast to the nation? "Lonjeree". We don't say "La Vay En Rose" do we? So why can't we get it right?
northwest monkey said:
The Don of Croy said:
Every night the local news will 'go over LIVE' to some godforsaken hole where something happened 8 - 10 hours ago (but in daylight and when people were about - not deserted darkness) and ask the poor, cold, damp wretch two prepared questions that add precisely nothing to our understanding.
Every night. Without fail. And still I watch it...even my own regimented behaviour annoys me.
Every night. Without fail. And still I watch it...even my own regimented behaviour annoys me.
100% agree. The BBC sent a poor girl (and presumably a camera crew) to somewhere in the Outer Hebrides last week for no other reason than to stand on a windswept beach in the rain & tell us it was very windy and raining. They kept going back to her every 30 minutes as well just to make sure it was still windy and raining. Stupid.
!
Actually, can I just add Carol Kirkwood to the list of things that annoy me beyond all reason?
MartG said:
People writing professionally who are unable to spell. Take the following article from the Independant - the writer doesn't know the difference between 'balling' and 'bawling', 'poured' and 'pored'. When your entire job is to communicate in writing using the English language this sort of failure is inexcusable
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/fi...
Edit to add they've now fixed the spelling after I complained. Response I got is below:
Dear MartG
Thank you for contacting us via our online complaints form. We are always glad to hear from our readers, whether or not feedback is positive, and I am grateful to you for taking the time to get in touch.
I do apologise for the spelling errors included in the article. We do try to check the spelling and grammar in our articles prior to publication, but regrettably mistakes do slip through the net. We will continue to strive to improve on this. I have now corrected the errors you highlighted.
I hope in spite of these mistakes that you will continue to read and enjoy The Independent. And please do not hesitate to contact me again in the future should cause arise.
With best regards
Elizabeth Cobbe
Readers' Liaison Assistant
London Evening Standard, The Independent, i & Independent on Sunday
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/fi...
Edit to add they've now fixed the spelling after I complained. Response I got is below:
Dear MartG
Thank you for contacting us via our online complaints form. We are always glad to hear from our readers, whether or not feedback is positive, and I am grateful to you for taking the time to get in touch.
I do apologise for the spelling errors included in the article. We do try to check the spelling and grammar in our articles prior to publication, but regrettably mistakes do slip through the net. We will continue to strive to improve on this. I have now corrected the errors you highlighted.
I hope in spite of these mistakes that you will continue to read and enjoy The Independent. And please do not hesitate to contact me again in the future should cause arise.
With best regards
Elizabeth Cobbe
Readers' Liaison Assistant
London Evening Standard, The Independent, i & Independent on Sunday
Edited by MartG on Wednesday 3rd February 12:15
Europa1 said:
Can I add to this when the BBC spunks money up the wall to send Carol Kirkwood to do the weather from Wimbledon/Ascot wherever. What is the point?
Actually, can I just add Carol Kirkwood to the list of things that annoy me beyond all reason?
I think that's basically what you were getting at, right?
V8mate said:
Europa1 said:
Can I add to this when the BBC spunks money up the wall to send Carol Kirkwood to do the weather from Wimbledon/Ascot wherever. What is the point?
Actually, can I just add Carol Kirkwood to the list of things that annoy me beyond all reason?
I think that's basically what you were getting at, right?How some people park their car.
We went to the cinema the other week and my wife parked in a completely empty row of about 15 spaces. The doors on her A5 are quite long and our daughter was in the back so it's always good to have plenty of room to open them. As we walked to the cinema some stupid woman came and parked right next to us and had to get her fat ae and her kids out of the off side which was tight up to my wife's car. I'd have half understood if it had placed her closer to the cinema doors but it didn't. TT!
I see it done in the work car park on a daily basis, there's a good 30 spaces and only a handful of cars but they all get parked in a neat row next to each other. Just leave a space and give yourself more room to swing the bloody door open and get out.
We went to the cinema the other week and my wife parked in a completely empty row of about 15 spaces. The doors on her A5 are quite long and our daughter was in the back so it's always good to have plenty of room to open them. As we walked to the cinema some stupid woman came and parked right next to us and had to get her fat a
e and her kids out of the off side which was tight up to my wife's car. I'd have half understood if it had placed her closer to the cinema doors but it didn't. TT!I see it done in the work car park on a daily basis, there's a good 30 spaces and only a handful of cars but they all get parked in a neat row next to each other. Just leave a space and give yourself more room to swing the bloody door open and get out.
frg530 said:
How some people park their car.
We went to the cinema the other week and my wife parked in a completely empty row of about 15 spaces. The doors on her A5 are quite long and our daughter was in the back so it's always good to have plenty of room to open them. As we walked to the cinema some stupid woman came and parked right next to us and had to get her fat ae and her kids out of the off side which was tight up to my wife's car. I'd have half understood if it had placed her closer to the cinema doors but it didn't. TT!
I see it done in the work car park on a daily basis, there's a good 30 spaces and only a handful of cars but they all get parked in a neat row next to each other. Just leave a space and give yourself more room to swing the bloody door open and get out.
Get yourself on the Bad Parking Thread in General Gassing. But I'd suggest you pour yourself a stiff drink first.We went to the cinema the other week and my wife parked in a completely empty row of about 15 spaces. The doors on her A5 are quite long and our daughter was in the back so it's always good to have plenty of room to open them. As we walked to the cinema some stupid woman came and parked right next to us and had to get her fat a
e and her kids out of the off side which was tight up to my wife's car. I'd have half understood if it had placed her closer to the cinema doors but it didn't. TT!I see it done in the work car park on a daily basis, there's a good 30 spaces and only a handful of cars but they all get parked in a neat row next to each other. Just leave a space and give yourself more room to swing the bloody door open and get out.
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