Howaboutthat wrote:xwdcatvb wrote:kal wrote:Mispronunciations on 'NW news broadcasts are becoming commonplace. A few days ago a news reader took a stab at the word "egregious". After several attempts, the reader gave up. Cringeworthy.
Well, I'm sure we were all caught when reading an item 'cold', but 'egregious' would seem to be a Big Word for radio copy. I wonder what the context/quote was?
That's what happens when you're not rewriting and using your own words. And unless it was preceeded by a 'This just in...', there is no excuse.
Ah, that's a Know-It-All response: so you're a one-person news shift, and The Boss wants routinely to do a dual-voice major at 8 am... all hell breaks loose in the world at 7.58, according to what was Broadcast News... and The Boss hits something strange.
Bingo.
And even without the last-minute throw-in, I'm giggling over how those-on-the-air now are handling 'Farage'. Even Brit sources aren't sure, and I don't know either.
Fuh-rahzh'... feh'-ridge... feh'-rage... feh'-rejhzh... feh'-rahzh...