MrDucky Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 No, apparently you "dosen't". You know that saying about a cobbler's child going without shoes? What about a teacher whose husband goes without grammar and punctuation???? GEESH! Yikes!!! I Hate that warning horn
Members Growler Posted January 24, 2007 Members Posted January 24, 2007 Having spent many years of my past as a radio announcer in different regions, I have actually paid attention to the lazy dialects these regions foster. I believe it is mainly due to laziness, lack of knowledge, social associations and habitual speech patterns. To have proper diction, pronunciation and enunciation, one must be taught the proper way, and practice the proper way to speak and write. This should start at home, with the parents, while the children are young. These days it is considered "cool" to intentionally slur, mis-pronounce or otherwise "butcher" the english language. Early education is the key to combatting such trends. Unfortunately, this takes time and effort. With an increasing number of households consisting of both parents working or a single parent, time is not as readily available as it once was. Still, children should be taught the proper use of words, so they at least know when they are using them wrong. I come from a home where, while growing up, I had a new word to learn each school day. I had to know proper spelling, and use of that word by the end of the day. This exercise has helped me in so many ways, I cannot give enough thanks to my parents for the gift of knowledge. While the public school system could certainly be more challenging, I believe we should all look inward and take more responsibility for our childrens learning. Take a vested interest in our kids. We teach them how to fish & hunt, how to mow the lawn & wash the car. All this time, we can also teach them math skills, word skills & other life lessons. It takes time and effort, but the rewards are priceless. My take G Whew! That wore me out. Now I'm moving to Tips & Tricks to find out how to tie a dropper rig. G
Danoinark Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 I worked in radio for many years also...and I never got used to hearing" Hey use your "radio voice"... and all a radio voice is ... NO accent at all or at best a Midwestern one. Dano (a former radio Gypsy) Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
Members Growler Posted January 24, 2007 Members Posted January 24, 2007 Dano, ahhh, those radio days. $1.98 an hour and all the vinyl you could eat. You have to admit you are more sensitive to improper use of the language, since yours was under a microscope (of sorts) while on the air. G
Danoinark Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 Dano, ahhh, those radio days. $1.98 an hour and all the vinyl you could eat. You have to admit you are more sensitive to improper use of the language, since yours was under a microscope (of sorts) while on the air. G Growler you got a buck 98....geeez, you must have been in a bigger market.... Now I did eat my share of records.... Those were good old days, and I was glad I got out when it wasn't fun anymore. I went into a station a couple of years ago to see a buddy, and I asked him where the turntables were. I got a strange look. Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
LostMyWife Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 Very well stated, CC and WebFreeman. Colloquialisms have, and should be, allowed in everyday conversation and even with some degree of "author's license" in writing. However, as stated, how would it look on a resume? Resumes are not really the problem. Many of the kids today do not have the skills to fill out a job application. Some of the applications that we get today are written illegibly. We find that words are misspelled and directions are rarely followed. LMW Yes, I'm That Guy
Members Flextime Posted January 24, 2007 Members Posted January 24, 2007 Dano, I got my "start" in radio as well. Military and civillian. Just couldn't survive on the "pay your dues" payscale. Great memories though....especially the military gig...."Coast to coast in the Canal Zone". The Army forced me to do a C/W radio show at 4:00 A.M. because I was from Kansas (said I sounded country) Yeeehaw.
Danoinark Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 Dano, I got my "start" in radio as well. Military and civillian. Just couldn't survive on the "pay your dues" payscale. Great memories though....especially the military gig...."Coast to coast in the Canal Zone". The Army forced me to do a C/W radio show at 4:00 A.M. because I was from Kansas (said I sounded country) Yeeehaw. Flex I worked em all. From small places to big places and those in between. Remember the song Gypsy's Tramps and Thiefs..well that pretty much summed up the radio crowd I hung with Lots of good memories, but its hard to make a living and those dang records aren't very good broiled. Dano Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
Terry Beeson Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 Just think how hungry they are today... Those MP3 files are not very filling at all... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
back2roots Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 Naw...they eat the zip files.... Thay expand when you eat them! Bill If you liked the sound....Thank the engineer!
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