WEATHER FORCASTERS

[Doug Drown]

Dan.Strassberg wrote:
> McMahon's W problem resurfaced shortly after he joined WBUR--not quite
> as severe as at WBZ but still quite noticeable. Adds a little drama to
> every ID: Is he going to make it through this one? (And if he doesn't
> make it, what will it sound like?) I'm sure that he more than once
> must have thought of trying to get a job west of the Mississippi.
> OTOH, which would be worse--being a meteorologist who couldn't
> prnounce meteorologist or a radio announcer east of the Mississippi,
> who couldn't pronounce W?
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>> In addition to troubles saying "meteorolist"  one of the ACCU-WEATHER
>> guys can't
> properly pronounce "WBZ" - but swallows part of it, so it
> comes out "Dub-U B Z"   The latter has been ongoing for a long time.
> <<TKH>>
> Bob McMahon seemingly had that problem when he worked at WBZ.  He was
> laid-off from WBZ and resurfaced for a while at WBUR, which he was
> able to pronounce.
> I don't think I've heard his voice lately.
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. . . And then there's Gary LaPierre, who has that odd pronunciation of W:
"doobled-you", or something akin to it.  I always enjoyed that:  I
thought of that as a signature.  (I wonder if everyone from Shelburne
Falls pronounces it that way?)

I miss Gary.  A great newsman.   -Doug