MICROPHONE MISTAKES
Sir,-Your correspondent is, I suggest, somewhat unnecessarily "Touchy" concerning the pronunciation of New Zealand announcers. Two of the words he instances are among hundreds in which the pronunciation of various authorities differ. Webster admits "irrevokable," though admittedly "rare," with accent on the third syllable. As for "fertile." all the dictionaries I have consulted allow "fertil,’ and most prefer it to "fertile." "Touchy" finds the Scots weather forecaster "actually hard to understand." I-am not a Scotsman, but find his voice pleasing. Is anyone bold enough to claim that he never mispronounces a word? I have several times heard BBC announcers use a pronunciation for which I could find no authority. Is it reasonable to expect New Zealand announcers to be more free from an occasional mispronunciation than are other educated persons?
A.H.
R.
(Dunedin).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 927, 17 May 1957, Page 11
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135MICROPHONE MISTAKES New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 927, 17 May 1957, Page 11
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