tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post2392758024896084502..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Woe on the Border(s)Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-68959744284257273362015-04-14T11:45:44.565+01:002015-04-14T11:45:44.565+01:00Jesse is my MP. He has expressed an interest in he...Jesse is my MP. He has expressed an interest in helping me pursue my DPA complaint if the BBC (and, sadly, a new level of ICO jobsworth) continue to prove... 'reluctant' to grasp that chasing round the internet trying to connect posters critical of the BBC with a vast conspiracy is at best paranoid, and at worst, actually, illegal.<br /><br />Jesse was once one of those 'envy of the world' BBCphiles much enamoured of the Daily Politics sofa (that can be withdrawn if you don't play nice), but has gone up against the Whip & Dave on matters of principle and, I'd like to think in part to little shares I send his way, grasping a national broadcaster allowed to be inaccurate and prejudicial may not be ideal.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-36897870998218130632015-04-14T09:14:26.160+01:002015-04-14T09:14:26.160+01:00OK, that would fine but let's be consistent wi...OK, that would fine but let's be consistent with it. BBC Radio 4 are not, have not been and show no sign of being consistent in future. IIRC, they have made cutbacks in the Pronunciation Dept.<br /><br />In addition, if they have 'a duty to inform & educate' should they not be helping us to pronounce foreign names correctly as a measure of respect for our neighbours in global world?<br /><br />I do wonder at times if Continuity & News staff do it deliberately and run 'books' on how many letters of complaint a deliberate slip might produce. Of course, that sort of playfulness that exists in offices & businesses could, would never happen at the Beeb.<br /><br />Could it? :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-1398200595372662002015-04-12T01:20:49.533+01:002015-04-12T01:20:49.533+01:00Mum-bye is all I have to say on that... :) Mum-bye is all I have to say on that... :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-55157664360157159682015-04-12T00:19:45.017+01:002015-04-12T00:19:45.017+01:00But that foreign pronunciation's creeping in. ...But that foreign pronunciation's creeping in. Chile is more often than not pronounced "Chillay" than "Chilly", and if the BBC had it's way "Falklands" would be pronounced "Malvinas". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-46829143121645163352015-04-11T22:48:31.503+01:002015-04-11T22:48:31.503+01:00Oh, absolutely, I'm just saying that it's ...Oh, absolutely, I'm just saying that it's time we expanded the sphere of blame. David Preisernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-67002632463513678672015-04-11T22:40:01.674+01:002015-04-11T22:40:01.674+01:00Well let's not get carried away...we don't...Well let's not get carried away...we don't want the BBC pronouncing Paris as "Pa-ree" or Moscow as "Mosk-va". There's nothing wrong with us having our own pronunciation for foreign place names. People's own names - that's a little different of course. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-43174135391984124122015-04-11T21:54:11.523+01:002015-04-11T21:54:11.523+01:00"(Quite why a lavishly-resourced media outlet..."(Quite why a lavishly-resourced media outlet like the BBC can't even get the name of the constituency right is beyond me)"<br /><br />Not too surprising. Their knowledge of UK geography is horrendous. The most recent example was moving Hastings into Kent! <br /><br />They consistently get the names of their own people wrong. Ritula Shah's name is usually announced as Ritterla, apparently a soft 'th' should be used for the t and the u should be heard. She patiently tries to educate her colleagues & listeners every time she presents The World Tonight. Mishal Hussein is another victim and frequently referred to as Michelle. Kosovo is almost always pronounced KosoVOE when natives & the public who have had any contact with them or the place call it KOSSova. There are many more examples that could be listed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-16228626049733676762015-04-11T19:59:29.875+01:002015-04-11T19:59:29.875+01:00He's very good at fulfilling those missions, D...He's very good at fulfilling those missions, David.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-68101649066495183582015-04-11T19:47:07.121+01:002015-04-11T19:47:07.121+01:00Sorry, Craig, the Beeboids need to spend a lot of ...Sorry, Craig, the Beeboids need to spend a lot of time learning how to pronounce Spanish and Arabic cities and countries properly. No time for those impenetrable regional names.<br /><br />Blame Price's editor as well. These things aren't spontaneous, the whim of a reporter on the scene. He was sent on a mission to make a story about nasty Tory budget cuts destroying lives, and he did his job.David Preisernoreply@blogger.com