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Hunnert degrees

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Rock Chalk

I've made more mistakes on-the-air than anybody, so I should probably just keep quiet. But we all have pet peeves and this is one of my biggest. In the last couple of weeks, I've heard several people say, "today's high, a hunnert degrees." Not one hundred, but "a hunnert." Now mind you, I wasn't on vacation. I wasn't driving around Hurleyburg, Arkansas or Moose Jaw, Montana listening to some 500 watt daytimer. It was right here. In Dallas. One high-powered morning man continually says 'a hunnert.' Drives me nuts.

Jason Walker
 
.......yes Jason, the English language is being murdered. Growing up in the Ozarks, home of very lazy speech, I had to work on including "ing" on ends of words. Here's hoping you have a 4th of July that's a GOODERN!!!!!!!!
 
I wish the public would learn to say "double-u" properly. It just sounds cool on-air.

Many people lazily say "hunnert" - but it usually is pronounced correctly on-air. Same with "double-u." That guy needs to hone his skills, especially if he's on a big signal.

One of my friends from NYC made fun of me when I said "4th of JOO-LY" instead of "JUH-LY." He then made fun of me being from "Arkansawr" so I guess he ain't got good grammar either. ;D
 
Texas Gentleman said:
Here's hoping you have a 4th of July that's a GOODERN!!!!!!!!
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In Air-eh-zon-ah (not Arh-i-zone-uh) we don't start countin' till we reach one-hunnert er, one-hundred-two.

But then I ally's thought it was GOODUN, not GOODERN.
 
Rock Chalk said:
I wasn't driving around Hurleyburg, Arkansas or Moose Jaw, Montana listening to some 500 watt daytimer. It was right here. In Dallas. One high-powered morning man continually says 'a hunnert.' Drives me nuts.

Jason Walker
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Moose Jaw is in Saskatchewan, Canada... Not Montana. As a former Montana resident, THAT drives me nuts.
 
Rock Chalk said:
I've made more mistakes on-the-air than anybody, so I should probably just keep quiet. But we all have pet peeves and this is one of my biggest. In the last couple of weeks, I've heard several people say, "today's high, a hunnert degrees." Not one hundred, but "a hunnert."
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My peeve is with the PGA Tour Superstore ads that I hear on WBAP. It refers to the Plano location as being off I-75. I'm surprised that Mark Davis hasn't mentioned this since he's an admitted grammar/language geek and usually catches such things. US-75 is approaching interstate quality but should it be renamed, it certainly won't become I-75.
 
Bob E. Nelson said:
My peeve is with the PGA Tour Superstore ads that I hear on WBAP. It refers to the Plano location as being off I-75. I'm surprised that Mark Davis hasn't mentioned this since he's an admitted grammar/language geek and usually catches such things. US-75 is approaching interstate quality but should it be renamed, it certainly won't become I-75.
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Many homebuilder ads in the paper here have listed it as 'I-75' also. It is really irritating. Especially since we are more than a few miles west of the REAL I-75.

A few posters on another board have debated when/if I-45 ever gets to go north of downtown (which would cure a lot of the "I-75" mess I guess), but...well, I find myself digressing 8) 8)
 
I could not agree more with the annoyance about "hunnert degrees," but I'll see that and raise you the "tempachers" that many of our lovely female broadcasters announce every day. I get that "tem per a toors" is a bit of a mouthful, and would even settle for "temp ra churs," but "tempachers" just kills me.

There's also a spot for a local Hyundai dealership where the "talent" keeps referring to it as "Honday." You'd think someone would've told him not to conflate his sponsor's name with a competitor's but apparently not.

It's funny -- I've lurked on this board for about three years now, and this is the post that finally convinced me to come out of the woodwork and register.
 
Some might argue that "hunnert" and "tempacher" are examples of regional dialect and contribute to a jock's sounding natural or local. I'm just sayin'.
 
Others might say that elocution, diction, dynamic range and vocal tone don't matter any more. I'm just saying... in a clear, concise and understandable way.
 
Summer's back.... Cooler rainy spell's over....

Tempachers fir the rest of the week gunna be near a hunnert degrees... ;D
 
Not as much regional dialect (although a valid factor) - it is the generation of the person speaking into the mic.

Listen to a staccato, succinct newscast or commercial from 40 years ago, then listen to the relaxed, lazy delivery of today. Like, wow dude the Baby Boomers could precisely speak the English language - unlike Generation X.

Or as a takeoff from an old commercial "it's the VOICE of a new generation."
 
I'm not even 30 but I must be an old fuddy-duddy, because "casual" and "regional dialect" just don't work for me.

Freda Ross-Finley just said "simular."

*shudder*
 
In 1972 I was working at a little station in Garden City, Kansas. One day I mentioned something about our Congressmen in Washington. The GM came flying into the control room in a rage and informed me that Washington was pronounced, "War-shington, not Wah-shington." I told him he was nuts. The battle between us simmered for two more weeks as I would purposely find an excuse to say Washington on the air, instead of Warshington. Finally, he fired me, the first of nine GMs and/or PDs to do so. Ahhh...the good ole days.

Jason Walker
 
Rock Chalk said:
In 1972 I was working at a little station in Garden City, Kansas. One day I mentioned something about our Congressmen in Washington. The GM came flying into the control room in a rage and informed me that Washington was pronounced, "War-shington, not Wah-shington." I told him he was nuts. The battle between us simmered for two more weeks as I would purposely find an excuse to say Washington on the air, instead of Warshington. Finally, he fired me, the first of nine GMs and/or PDs to do so. Ahhh...the good ole days.

Jason Walker
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My boss at KTNS liked to tell about when he was News Director at a small station in Nebraska & being told by the station owner that whenever the name Jesus appeared in a news story that it was to be pronounced Jesus (as in our Lord & Savior) whether the person had a spanish sir name or not. ;D
 
dfaulkner said:
Rock Chalk said:
In 1972 I was working at a little station in Garden City, Kansas. One day I mentioned something about our Congressmen in Washington. The GM came flying into the control room in a rage and informed me that Washington was pronounced, "War-shington, not Wah-shington." I told him he was nuts. The battle between us simmered for two more weeks as I would purposely find an excuse to say Washington on the air, instead of Warshington. Finally, he fired me, the first of nine GMs and/or PDs to do so. Ahhh...the good ole days.

Jason Walker
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My boss at KTNS liked to tell about when he was News Director at a small station in Nebraska & being told by the station owner that whenever the name Jesus appeared in a news story that it was to be pronounced Jesus (as in our Lord & Savior) whether the person had a spanish sir name or not. ;D
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I probably should've capitalized Spanish & Sir, I'm not always sure when to or when not to.
 
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