A very minor thing, I know...

[ClarkKent]

But I have to wonder something...why is it that Atlanta news folks, especially on TV, insist on pronouncing Forsyth County as FORsyth, and the south Georgia town of the same name as forSYTH? I have family in Forsyth County, and in all the time I've spent there I've only heard it pronounced FORsyth on TV.

I know it's nitpicky but I've noticed this recently...just wanted someone else's take on it.

 

[WhatDoIKnow]

Well, I think it is a major thing. Even my children have taken to making corrections to the inaccurate pronunciation of geographical place names by local broadcasters.

The correct answer to your question was ignorance, just plain arrogant, journalistic we are all knowing and better than you folk, lazy ignorance.

What? You really want us to do our homework and learn the correct pronunciations of geographical locations in our broadcast area?

 

[bpatrick]

> Well, I think it is a major thing. Even my children have
> taken to making corrections to the inaccurate pronunciation
> of geographical place names by local broadcasters.
>
> The correct answer to your question was ignorance, just
> plain arrogant, journalistic we are all knowing and better
> than you folk, lazy ignorance.
>
> What? You really want us to do our homework and learn the
> correct pronunciations of geographical locations in our
> broadcast area?
>
It might be a good idea. Larry Kane, legendary WPVI/6 Philadelphia
anchor, was hired by one of the New York stations (I forget if it
was WCBS or WABC) and was sent packing back to the City of Brotherly
Love in short order when he refused to learn the local pronunciations,
especially Houston Street. Kane pronounced it like the city in
Texas, HEWSton; the local pronunciation is HOUSEton.

 

[trevor]

The city of Forsyth is correctly pronounced with the second syllable stressed, hence "forSYTH". And, I know this is also a minor thing, but the city of Forsyth is NOT in South Georgia. It is in Monroe County, which is adjacent to (and in the past has been in) the Atlanta television DMA. Funny how everything south of Atlanta is considered South Georgia.

> and the south Georgia town of the same
> name as forSYTH? <P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by trevor on 04/03/06 03:15 PM.</FONT></P>

 

[ClarkKent]

> The city of Forsyth is correctly pronounced with the second
> syllable stressed, hence "forSYTH". And, I know this is
> also a minor thing, but the city of Forsyth is NOT in South
> Georgia. It is in Monroe County, which is adjacent to (and
> in the past has been in) the Atlanta television DMA. Funny
> how everything south of Atlanta is considered South Georgia.
>
>
> > and the south Georgia town of the same
> > name as forSYTH?
>

Sorry about that. I knew Forsyth was south of Atlanta, but I wasn't entirely sure how far. Thanks for the correction.

 

[trevor]

> Sorry about that. I knew Forsyth was south of Atlanta, but I
> wasn't entirely sure how far. Thanks for the correction.
>

It's all good. Macon and Middle Georgia wind up as "South Georgia" quite a lot in the Atlanta media. Just recently, I remember reading a news story about the Kia plant coming to West Point that referred to Troup County as being in South Georgia. Having grown up there, I know it's actually considered West-central, although it always felt like a suburb of Atlanta to me.