Dumbing down!

[Lou Girardin]

What is going on with autocue readers. They seem to be losing what basic pronunciation skills they once had.
Scintillating pronounced with a K, Estimates (as in "estimating the amount") as estimiting.
Give these morons 10 years and those of us that learnt English English will need interpreters.
The lack of any punctuation on the autocue is quite obvious as well. Carol Hirschfeild was a classic for getting a 'possum trapped in the headlights' look on her face as she deperately tried to decipher a sentence.
When Mr Hitcher wants to form a "preserve our language death squad" I'll join.

[placidfemme]

Give these morons 10 years and those of us that learnt English English will need interpreters.

speaking of which... last year on the news they interviewed someone in the UK who was speaking ENGLISH and they had ENGLISH subtitles underneath repeating what he had said :weird:

[idb]

speaking of which... last year on the news they interviewed someone in the UK who was speaking ENGLISH and they had ENGLISH subtitles underneath repeating what he had said :weird:
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[onearmedbandit]

Heard so reporters saying something like '...said he had nothink to say.' Fuck I hate that one.

[Pixie]

I recently heard Peter Williams speaking on the subject of playing "gulf" at "golf" harbour.
They can't even maintain a consistantly bad pronunciation pattern.
And the latest trend is to end words that are supposed to end in a -edly sound with a -ably sound,for example undoubtably instead of undoubtedly
:mad: :mad: :mad:

[Fart]

Wat engish yu talking abot?

[Lou Girardin]

Then there's toower (tour), Hower (hour), that mythical land Noo Ziland.
And I still get confused with Maori place names. Where's Toopoh?

[Storm]

I did hear of a flight yesterday that was going to "Cartire" Put that man on the hit list for sure

[Eurygnomes]

I hate arks (ask) and people who stumble over specific (yes, I'm mightily picky), I mean...we live on an island IN the PACIFIC...now just put an s on the front...it'll be closer than the word you were attempting when you spat all over me. :(

(my punctuation, however, may leave a little to be desired so I'm not gonna go too far out on that. Needless to say, though, this is a forum - not a technical document!)

[Wolf]

And "ackrit" for "accurate" - politicians, company directors and news preesenters are all guilty of that one.

Lou, Hitcher, I already have weapons and a lot of black clothes so count me in for that "Preserve our Language" Death Squad as well.

I also am rather annoyed with so called professional award winning presenters who still can't come to terms with the pronunciation of place names. In a misguided attempt at correct pronunciation of Maori place names, I have heard the creme de la creme repeatedly mispronounce the first half of "Taupo" but manage to get the second half right. That's what happens when you're more concerned with garnering support for starving African children than caring for New Zealand's homeless and hungry.

"Hi, I'm a famous personality, I win awards for smiling when I'm talking about plane crashes. I can't pronounce "Taupo" but I can turn up on an advert 14 times a day trading on my credibility as a news presenter and ask people to sponsor kids in Africa. Then tonight on the news I'll smile when I announce that the number of people living under bridges in Wellington has gone up."

[_Gina_]

I hate arks (ask) and people who stumble over specific (yes, I'm mightily picky), I mean...we live on an island IN the PACIFIC...now just put an s on the front...it'll be closer than the word you were attempting when you spat all over me. :(



:yes:

I worked for a company whose Head of NZ Operations had difficulty with this word....needless to say I had difficulty respecting him.

Call me a grammamarian if ya want....lol

But my all time hate is tyre stores who spell tyre wrong.....i.e.
'Bob's Tire Store'

I will never buy 'tires' from Bob!!

[mstriumph]

Where can I join, please, Mr Hitcher, Sir???
There is a special corner of hell reserved for child-molestors and people that mangle the mother tongue, either orally or in writing [think of all those misplaced apostrophes people -- doesn't it make you BOIL?? .... and the way they abuse the humble semi-colon...... ANIMALS!!!!!!]---- Off with their heads, I say - that'll teach 'em!!

[says she that can't spell ... :Oops: I guess that precludes any hope I had of joining the grammarian's hit-squad :no: ]

What is going on with autocue readers. They seem to be losing what basic pronunciation skills they once had.
Scintillating pronounced with a K, Estimates (as in "estimating the amount") as estimiting.
Give these morons 10 years and those of us that learnt English English will need interpreters.
The lack of any punctuation on the autocue is quite obvious as well. Carol Hirschfeild was a classic for getting a 'possum trapped in the headlights' look on her face as she deperately tried to decipher a sentence.
When Mr Hitcher wants to form a "preserve our language death squad" I'll join.

[Wolf]

.... and the way they abuse the humble semi-colon...... ANIMALS!!!!!!
The use of more than two consecutive exclamation marks denotes a sick mind - you should be well suited for Death Squad duties... :devil2:

[Motu]

But my all time hate is tyre stores who spell tyre wrong.....i.e.
'Bob's Tire Store'

I will never buy 'tires' from Bob!!

They're just assholes!

[Ixion]

They're just assholes!

That there should done be

"Theyre just asshole's "

Just keepin the grammer korrect.

[Storm]

Its interesting to see that the "a" word is still being used on site. Is the Hit man crook?

[idb]

think of all those misplaced apostrophes people --
Only pedant's get upset about apostrophe's.......

[mstriumph]

... I'm not upset ... :crybaby:

Only pedant's get upset about apostrophe's.......

[oldfart]

speaking of which... last year on the news they interviewed someone in the UK who was speaking ENGLISH and they had ENGLISH subtitles underneath repeating what he had said :weird:

You will probably find this was an american feed. The yanks do not comprhend the different uk dialects & use sub titles

[parsley]

My favourite autocue moment was a few years ago at an awards dinner. Jonathan Ross (UK TV presenter) apologised in advance for the autocue - it had broken at the last minute and they'd had to fix it with parts from a truth detector. He went on to be incredibly rude about every celebrity in the audience, and they just had to sit there and smile. Wonderful. :rofl:

[myvice]

Guy I work with, worlds leading expert on everything.
But if he calls a fairing a flearing one more time (as in, "I'v repaird a FLEARING on a NSR and you couldnt tell")
I'll probably beat him to death.