Narrators mispronouncing words
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You would think that when recruiting for a TV narrators job, you'd pick someone who a) doesn't have a speech impediment, and b) can pronounce words correctly
The one that always bugs me is the guy who narrates 'Destroyed in Seconds' on Discovery - he always pronounces nuclear as 'new-kew-lar' instead of 'new-clear' - FFS it's not hard is it ? And as for the number of newsreaders I've heard with a lisp.....
The one that always bugs me is the guy who narrates 'Destroyed in Seconds' on Discovery - he always pronounces nuclear as 'new-kew-lar' instead of 'new-clear' - FFS it's not hard is it ? And as for the number of newsreaders I've heard with a lisp.....
MartG said:
And as for the number of newsreaders I've heard with a lisp.....
You have something against people who have a speech impediment? Why? A newsreader who mumbles, that I can understand, but being unhappy because someone who's reading the news to you has a natural speech defect is a tad harsh...MartG said:
You would think that when recruiting for a TV narrators job, you'd pick someone who a) doesn't have a speech impediment, and b) can pronounce words correctly
The one that always bugs me is the guy who narrates 'Destroyed in Seconds' on Discovery - he always pronounces nuclear as 'new-kew-lar' instead of 'new-clear' - FFS it's not hard is it ? And as for the number of newsreaders I've heard with a lisp.....
Are you sure?The one that always bugs me is the guy who narrates 'Destroyed in Seconds' on Discovery - he always pronounces nuclear as 'new-kew-lar' instead of 'new-clear' - FFS it's not hard is it ? And as for the number of newsreaders I've heard with a lisp.....
A lot of news readers seem to be singularly unable to pronounce "secretary", instead mangling it into "sec-ker-tree". Doh.
Oh, and it's not a mispronunciation, but the continuity announcer on FX has got the most peculiar way of enunciating FX - the stress is all on the X, in a bizarre drawn-out way. Most strange.
Oh, and it's not a mispronunciation, but the continuity announcer on FX has got the most peculiar way of enunciating FX - the stress is all on the X, in a bizarre drawn-out way. Most strange.
Edited by Lurking Lawyer on Thursday 30th July 14:01
Thats how I roll said:
MartG said:
And as for the number of newsreaders I've heard with a lisp.....
You have something against people who have a speech impediment? Why? A newsreader who mumbles, that I can understand, but being unhappy because someone who's reading the news to you has a natural speech defect is a tad harsh...There's a female newsreader on central news (might not be there now) but she could hardly speak english!
I found it hard to believe that out of the candidates they received that she could be the best spoken......but then I remembered it was filmed in Birmingham
Yam yam alroite marrrrrrrmite
I found it hard to believe that out of the candidates they received that she could be the best spoken......but then I remembered it was filmed in Birmingham
Yam yam alroite marrrrrrrmite
It's when they try to pronounce place names - especially Scottish & Welsh - and totally balls it up. Yet all they need to do is a quick phone call to their local station.....
My favourite is when they pronouce Kirkcaldy (a place in Fife). They say Kirk-Caldy (with the "a" as in "apple", when in fact it's pronounced Kirkawdy as in "awe".
Another local one is a place which even local TV station got wrong - a place called Athelstaneford (they say Athol-stane-ford)- it's actually pronounced Elsinford.
And they think Berwick and Lerwick are pronounced the same - wrong. Berwick is pronounced "Berrick". Lerwick is pronounced "Ler-Wick"
I'm sure our Welsh friends have similar experiences
My favourite is when they pronouce Kirkcaldy (a place in Fife). They say Kirk-Caldy (with the "a" as in "apple", when in fact it's pronounced Kirkawdy as in "awe".
Another local one is a place which even local TV station got wrong - a place called Athelstaneford (they say Athol-stane-ford)- it's actually pronounced Elsinford.
And they think Berwick and Lerwick are pronounced the same - wrong. Berwick is pronounced "Berrick". Lerwick is pronounced "Ler-Wick"
I'm sure our Welsh friends have similar experiences
It's not just Welsh/Scottish, it's anywhere if you are not from that area.
Childwall, Winwick etc.
People speak differently in the UK, walk 10 miles and you will get different pronunciations.
So long as the person is speaking clearly it doesn't really matter.
medson, secretry, it's all fine.
Childwall, Winwick etc.
People speak differently in the UK, walk 10 miles and you will get different pronunciations.
So long as the person is speaking clearly it doesn't really matter.
medson, secretry, it's all fine.
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