YOU would think a relatively competent weather "meteorologist" like KGO's (ABC7) Mike Nicco would pronounce meteorologist ...the way it's supposed to be pronounced:"Me-Tee-Or-Rolo-Gist" and not Nicco's repeated "Meter-Rolo-Gist." It's downright lazy and absurd.
I know Mikey reads this site (like others do) so one would think he would get it right. But no, Mikey would prefer to be defiant and continue his verbal assault on the English language. Which is a shame because I like Mike --maybe it's because he works on the morning zoo show carnival, KGO's bitter end for all talent-impaired TV News people and weather guessers.
It's a high-pressure system run amok. And it needs to stop. Now.
Cmon Mike, just do it.
He doesn't want to go nuc-u-lur!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks as always to Rich for having a blog that seems to be always and completely spell-checked with complete sentences and grammar that fits. Those things are getting harder to find every day.
ReplyDeleteMike Nicco could not tell if it was raining if he was standing outside.
ReplyDeleteNot only that, he gives the weather like he's talking to a room of kindergarteners. "It's going to be WARM today! And TOMORROW, it's going to be EVEN WARMER! Then Thursday the warming trend CON-TIN-UES! So SUMmer is finally HERE!..." Ugh.
ReplyDeleteAnd Drew Tuma is worse!
Please devote a paragraph or two to any anchor, reporter, or human being in general who says "relator" instead of "realtor." Where the hell did that butchering of a word begin???
ReplyDeleteOr some news folks and advertising people who say joo-ler-ree for jewelry.
DeleteHow about the use of the non-word, irregardless?
ReplyDeleteor how everything bad is now "horrific." We used to say "horrible, but that's no longer compelling. A non-life threatening injury is likely described as horrific.
DeleteSo if "horrible" has been set aside for "horrific," then has "terrible "been set aside for "terrific?"