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Don G. · King's Row Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1071 Location: MA

...many "professionals" are continuing to say Feb-u-ary rather than Feb-ru-ary. Are we losing this battle (and am I the only one who cares)? Smile

scottnilsen · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject:

I care. And I also am glad to see that the Apostrophe Mafia didn't sneak into your post to make it professional's. Drives me up the wall, and it seems I'm seeing it more and more.

Supposively, people are supposed to be educated.

See what I did there? I made myself laugh out loud.
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Don G. · King's Row Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1071 Location: MA

You made me laugh too, Scott. I've heard supposebly, but not supposively. Smile

louzucaro · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject:

You should of heard me laugh at you're post!
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scottnilsen · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject:

hahahahahaha
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ccpetersen · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject:

This is the month that drives both of us here at Petersen Hacienda batty. Listening to the news and radio announcers saying FebUary...and we both say "FebRUUUary!!!"

can't wait for March. It's pretty hard for them to mess that up.

At least they're not having to report on Nuke-U-lar problems in FebUary.
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scottnilsen · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject:

no, but there'll be lots of news from Warshington.
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Frank F · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject:

You know of course, the professionals need to go to the lib-r-ary (not the lib-a-ry) off-en (not off-ten) to learn how to speak engrish...

But, we IS voiceover per-fesh-e-nals, ain't we?

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davidmonteath · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:45 am Post subject:

I care, the same malaise is slipping into the BBC which used to pride itself on 'correct' pronunciation.

There used to be a small pronunciation unit at Broadcasting House in London and their entire function was to standardise words across the entire range of BBC broadcast channels and programmes. My father used to be continuity and news on BBC Scotland many years ago and if there was a coup in some small African nation, all he would have to do was to call the unit and they would let him know the required precise pronunciation. Sadly, the BBC let this slip when the re-organised resources and the unit started having to be paid for its info from programme budgets rather than funded centrally. If it costs us why do we care!!!!!!! Its a slippery slope.....as for pronunciation on children's programing...don't let me get started.

Mr Nove can probably correct me if I have gone substantially wrong above, but that was what and how it was explained to me.
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todd ellis · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:19 am Post subject:

when i was 17, my first radio boss smacked me on the back of the head (hard) when she heard me say Feb-u-ary ... it has been Feb-roo-ary for me ever since. she was also hung up on via - VI-uh rather than VEE-uh, as in ... "we join AP network news live via satellite". (yes, i actually had to say that twice an hour)
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glittlefield · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:23 am Post subject:

I had one of those radio jobs. The best part was when the kibble came out the shoot after I did a good job of announcing the satellite programming. I WAS a good boy... Goooood boy....
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Deirdre · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:31 am Post subject:

Get ready to pour yourself a Grammartini on March 4th—National Grammar Day

Heh.
March 4th— an army commander's favorite day.
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:55 am Post subject:

there's a host d00d on a local npr affiliate here that says "libary." what makes it REAL bad is that the studio is on "Libary Square"

u.g.h.
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"Heh.
March 4th— an army commander's favorite day."

Deirdre,

You're reaching now, girl. Hehehehe

Tom Test · DC Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 629 Location: Chicago, IL

I just recorded a radio spot here in Chicago that used February many times in the script. I began by reading it correctly, but the producer and engineer both wanted me to say "Feb-u-ary." Now I know this is wrong, and embarrassingly, my wife (who is an writer and editor) knows this is wrong, and most of my well-educated family and friends know this is wrong. BUT. It is a hell of a lot easier to say when you're reading 35 seconds of copy for a 30 second script. And truth be told, I think most people pronounce it the easier way, and I'm totally okay with that.

Do we correct people when they say the phrase "compact disc" without saying the "t" on compact? NOBODY says it the way it is spelled because it's just too darn awkward. So I say hooray for "Febuary"!
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