7/25/2007
Been catching a few more mispronunciations by television geniuses- including a medical doctor who was talking about the salmonella cases from taste of Chicago. She spoke about the suspicion that the outbreak was caused by some hummus- but she repeatedly pronounced it “humus,” which I believe is a type of soil. Well, if people are eating dirt, who KNOWS what kind of stuff they’re going to pickup?!…and this is an alleged “doctor”…
Some of you loyal Sven blog readers have helped me out with the ones you’ve heard-these come from the Svengoolieweb Yahoo group:
Duanne mentions hearing a preacher saying that children were a heritage from the Lord and the fruit of the loom. So kids and underwear are synonymous?
Bluecat talked about an attractive local anchor whose looks might exceed her intelligence- she’s been in town throughout the entire “Family Secrets” mob trial and more, though she’s not a native of this area, and referred to the Spilotro Brothers as “SPILL-a-TORRO” (and reportedly even stumbles over that- spill a torro? Is that about making the gas run out of a lawn mower?) Not satisfied with that massacre, she went on to read a story (most likely for the first time, while on air- god FORBID you read your scripts BEFORE the actual newscast!) in which she referred to the Russian currency “ruble” that she thinks is named after a Bedrock citizen who lives next door to Fred Flintstone.
Long time fan Dave, who is now dwelling outside our viewing area, and keeps up on Sven shows by having friends tape them off air and ship them to him, had a really funny one- not from a newscaster, but from a relative. His wife’s aunt used to call condos…ahem… “condoms.” Used in a sentence- “He lives in a real nice condom on the other side of town.” I shall make no further comment- please supply your own…
Not to say that I don’t occasionally mispronounce something on air-but, I hope that I’m doing it honestly, not through sheer ignorance. On an upcoming show, I know I was trying to say “tune in” for something, and you’ll hear me say “tine in”- maybe that’s a rule for how to carry a fork (get it? TINE in?)
Yes, there’s no IQ test for being on television…I’m living proof of that…
If you hear or read something that fits in this category- let us know! Send it to svengoolie@wciu.com…
Some of you loyal Sven blog readers have helped me out with the ones you’ve heard-these come from the Svengoolieweb Yahoo group:
Duanne mentions hearing a preacher saying that children were a heritage from the Lord and the fruit of the loom. So kids and underwear are synonymous?
Bluecat talked about an attractive local anchor whose looks might exceed her intelligence- she’s been in town throughout the entire “Family Secrets” mob trial and more, though she’s not a native of this area, and referred to the Spilotro Brothers as “SPILL-a-TORRO” (and reportedly even stumbles over that- spill a torro? Is that about making the gas run out of a lawn mower?) Not satisfied with that massacre, she went on to read a story (most likely for the first time, while on air- god FORBID you read your scripts BEFORE the actual newscast!) in which she referred to the Russian currency “ruble” that she thinks is named after a Bedrock citizen who lives next door to Fred Flintstone.
Long time fan Dave, who is now dwelling outside our viewing area, and keeps up on Sven shows by having friends tape them off air and ship them to him, had a really funny one- not from a newscaster, but from a relative. His wife’s aunt used to call condos…ahem… “condoms.” Used in a sentence- “He lives in a real nice condom on the other side of town.” I shall make no further comment- please supply your own…
Not to say that I don’t occasionally mispronounce something on air-but, I hope that I’m doing it honestly, not through sheer ignorance. On an upcoming show, I know I was trying to say “tune in” for something, and you’ll hear me say “tine in”- maybe that’s a rule for how to carry a fork (get it? TINE in?)
Yes, there’s no IQ test for being on television…I’m living proof of that…
If you hear or read something that fits in this category- let us know! Send it to svengoolie@wciu.com…
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