HEARD ON THE AIR.
Sir,-A recent issue had a letter from a correspondent pointing out certain mispronunciations that have been heard over the radio. On Sunday last we had from one station (wild horses will not drag its name from me) Rienzi Overture as RYE enzi and, believe it or not, Sarasate as Sarassity! I expect the various stations get a good many telephone messages pointing out these errors, and no doubt the station director himself notices some of them. I would suggest therefore that they be noted and that a list of them, with the correct pronunciation, be posted in the studio in a position where they could be seen by all the announcers. Also most gramophone catalogues devote a few pages to the correct pronunciation of many of these names which are in
common use.
A.
A.
(Auckland: )
bE Sot Nase oe | Sir,-I, too, deplore the mispronunciation that we hear so, often over the air. Every day between 11.30 and 12 we are told that if we are "wanteen anytheen" in the dress line we should go to so-and-so. We hear someone telling the children to go to the "De Lux." We are told about the condition of the "Wairapa" and we are told that so-and-so are "manafacturers". And three times a week at least we are told all about "cooking-g" and "washing-g" and "mend-ing-g’’. Then there is the announcer who tells all and sundry that this is 2ZB "Well-n-tun". Is it any wonder that both children and adults speak so badly when we have these things drummed into our ears day after day?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 164, 14 August 1942, Page 3
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271HEARD ON THE AIR. New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 164, 14 August 1942, Page 3
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