Legine Garaf Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 just been listening to radio2 and the news with Moira Stewart but it applys to other newsreaders on tv and radio, recently there seems to be an embellishment of how foreign names are pronounced for some reason, Moira was talking about french minister Christine Lagard.....but made great effort to pronounce it Lagaaarrd with a very hard R the other one that springs o mind is german PM Angel merkell, all BBc now pronounce it as Angellar??? why is this surely its unnecessary drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Maybe they've been given a script of how these people want their name pronounced in the media?? I've not heard either name in their native tongue so don't know how it should be pronounced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legine Garaf Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 Maybe they've been given a script of how these people want their name pronounced in the media?? I've not heard either name in their native tongue so don't know how it should be pronounced. maybe so but it sounds so insincere spoken in an english accent, why not the english version, Lagard and Angela? or whatever, i think maybe its more of the PC goings on in the BBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 maybe so but it sounds so insincere spoken in an english accent, why not the english version, Lagard and Angela? Seems pretty straightforward to me, it's because those aren't their names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 maybe so but it sounds so insincere spoken in an english accent, why not the english version, Lagard and Angela? or whatever, i think maybe its more of the PC goings on in the BBC. Nigel Farage must have gone PC then because he pronounces Angela Merkel's name in the same way. People complain about the BBC over some silly things but complaining that they pronounce peoples names correctly has to take the biscuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stifflersmom Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Nigel Farage must have gone PC then because he pronounces Angela Merkel's name in the same way. People complain about the BBC over some silly things but complaining that they pronounce peoples names correctly has to take the biscuit. Indeed. It is hardly, as the OP would put it, embellishment, but merely common courtesy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenyGreen Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 You should hear a certain Ritula Shah on Radio 4 pronouncing her own name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASGOWOODS Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Daveeeeed Ginolaaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Hearing news readers speak foreign names and words with the accent is hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenyGreen Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I blame the pathetic PC brigade on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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