Re: The dumbing down of the news

["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On 10 Feb 99,  SteveOrdinetz wrote:

> Mis-pronunciation of names is one of those peeves of mine.  I can
> understand when it's some obscure foreigner with an unpronouncable name
> (and the wire services seem to assume we all know how to pronounce these
> names, 'cuz pronunciation guides are few & far between), but
> local/regional people/places there's no excuse.
 
When I used to do the news at WMUA, the UPI wire service used to 
send periodic pronunciation guides.  And the pronunciation of foreign 
names was often given in parentheses right in the story.  Do they no 
longer do that?

I used to get annoyed at the late Don Harrison on CNN Headline 
News, when he used to pronounce Kazakhstan "Kazakistan."  He also 
once pronounced the Partie Quebecois with the last syllable rhyming 
with "boys."

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