PRONUNCIATION
Sir,-l have noticed that there is a tendency on the part of NBS and BBC announcers to pronounce the days of the week as "Mondee, Tuesdee," and so on. This is anathema to most listeners and is on a par with "New Zilland" for New Zealand. Another mistreated word is target. Is it possible that radio announcers intend to thrust yet another dialect on the English-speaking world? Or is it that the standard of education is depressed on their account? There are many more examples of faulty pronunciations. I am not a pedant but a New Zealander with an average education who feels hotly about liberties taken with the most expressive of all languages. I have no grudge against announcers and I do not think that they would sleep uneasily if I had. They have a monotonous and arduous job. But carelessness in matters such as these should be avoided and the radio not allowed to promote errors of speech.
E.
H.
(Hastings).
HE details for 2YA’s evening programme for this Wednesday, June 28, were given incorrectly in last week's issue, The programme should have shown an NBS Revue from an Air Force Station, extending from 7.30 p.m. to 8.58 p.m. The items shown at 7.45, 8.0, 8.9 and 8.36 p.m. are replaced by this revue.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 262, 30 June 1944, Page 3
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217PRONUNCIATION New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 262, 30 June 1944, Page 3
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