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Kritical

If we're going to rant about Double-U, is it OK is I state my opinion on how stupid announcers and people in general sound when they misuse the word "myself." I'm talking about sentences like "If you have any questions, call Katie or myself." C'mon! Would you tell someone, "Call myself back when you get this message?" If announcers keep bludgeoning the language, the kids are going to pick up on it and it will never stop. And then the hip older people will imitate the kids and we'll be in big language trouble with the waists of our trousers exposing our tatty boxers all the way down the tush.

How about, "Can I help who's next?" Next time the barista or cashier says that, will the next person in line please give a smack to the back of the head a la Mark Harmon?
 
Another pet peeve announcing of years... JULY 4, 2007 should be read IMHO as " July fourth two thousand seven" not "July fourth two thousand AND seven" Thats the was Mrs. Rector taught me in first grade. The "and" is superfluous.
 
Very funny post. I teach part time and I always instruct those who want to go in to radio to start pronouncing the "W" correctly now. As far as the "myself" goes... a correct sentence would be: If you need help you can call Dan or me. But it just SOUNDS WRONG because nobody writes or delivers correctly!
 
radiodizzy said:
Very funny post. I teach part time and I always instruct those who want to go in to radio to start pronouncing the "W" correctly now.
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But....what if you work out west?? They use K, not W. :p

And...what about stations that don't include the W?

For example:
-WXLO in Worcester calls itself "1045XLO" (One-oh-four-five-XLO).
-WPRO-FM in Providence is PRO-FM.
-There was a time many moons ago when the old WROR (at 98.5) tried calling itself ROR-FM for awhile.

So what then?? :D
 
I was one of the voice models used in the development of a software program, originally called Dragon Naturally speaking. The software translates the spoken word to a computer that writes it down. The idea was to use different male and female voices from different places, with different accents. You can hear English being spoken in England, Australia, Boston area, and Arkansas. It is all English, but it sure doesn't sound the same!

As a Boston area guy who lived for a time in Atlanta, Georgia - I could not understand half of what the locals were saying. My first trip home on Delta Airlines (which is based in Atlanta), half of the flight crew was from down South, half from the Boston area. When I heard one of the stewardesses talking about going to Reveah Beach - FINALLY, somebody I could understand! ;D
 
Kritical said:
If we're going to rant about Double-U, is it OK is I state my opinion on how stupid announcers and people in general sound when they misuse the word "myself." I'm talking about sentences like "If you have any questions, call Katie or myself." C'mon! Would you tell someone, "Call myself back when you get this message?"
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Just as bad is ... "Call Katie or I". You wouldn't say "Call I" would you?
 
Does the Connecticut School of Broadcasting offer classes in 'Speaking English Good?' They ought to. ;D
 
I always wondered why some of the W offenders didn't take their call letter cues from the Elmer Fudd School of Broadcasting and say: wubble-u? ;D

argytunes
 
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