Comments on: Er … http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1555 Jay Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:25:41 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1555 <b>Mr N</b> - Exactly. And I do realise that some of them are being asked unscripted questions and having to give us the news without much preparation - or indeed the teleprompter - but why put them in the position of having to try to make something out of nothing? Sometimes they've clearly run out of useful things to say, and the presenter is still trying to wring more out of them. And so you get the 'um's and 'er's etc, <em>plus repetition!</em> Some of them can do it. So why not choose people who can? Is it politically incorrect these days to actually employ people who are good at the job you're trying to fill? Mr N - Exactly. And I do realise that some of them are being asked unscripted questions and having to give us the news without much preparation - or indeed the teleprompter - but why put them in the position of having to try to make something out of nothing? Sometimes they’ve clearly run out of useful things to say, and the presenter is still trying to wring more out of them. And so you get the ‘um’s and ‘er’s etc, plus repetition!

Some of them can do it. So why not choose people who can? Is it politically incorrect these days to actually employ people who are good at the job you’re trying to fill?

]]> By: Mr. Nighttime http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1554 Mr. Nighttime Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:59:32 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1554 The thing about those news guys is that unless it is coming off a teleprompter, or some other script, they don't know how to speak extemporaneously, hence the constant, "er, uhm." Mr. Nighttimes last blog post..<a href="http://mrnighttime.blogspot.com/2008/08/id-like-to-withdraw-all-my-money-please.html" rel="nofollow">I'd like to withdraw all my money please.......</a> The thing about those news guys is that unless it is coming off a teleprompter, or some other script, they don’t know how to speak extemporaneously, hence the constant, “er, uhm.”

Mr. Nighttimes last blog post..I’d like to withdraw all my money please…….

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1549 Jay Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:52:49 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1549 <b>Aussie</b> - Nooooooo!!!! I'd want to kill them, I think! <b>Swubird</b> - I'd be a little worried if my dogs could bring home rattlesnakes and scorpions, I must admit. Did Sandy ever do that? Aussie - Nooooooo!!!! I’d want to kill them, I think!

Swubird - I’d be a little worried if my dogs could bring home rattlesnakes and scorpions, I must admit. Did Sandy ever do that?

]]> By: Swubird http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1546 Swubird Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:11:54 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1546 Jay: Great story. It reminded my of when I was a kid. I had a dog named Sandy, and we went everywhere together. And, since we lived on the edge of the Mojave Desert, Sandy brought home a few surprises now and then. Dogs will be dogs. So I can understand about your little rabbit story. Happy trails. Jay:

Great story. It reminded my of when I was a kid. I had a dog named Sandy, and we went everywhere together. And, since we lived on the edge of the Mojave Desert, Sandy brought home a few surprises now and then. Dogs will be dogs. So I can understand about your little rabbit story.

Happy trails.

]]> By: Coastal Aussie http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1536 Coastal Aussie Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:11:27 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1536 I agree with your post, and over here we have a new porblem because they've tried to replace 'err' and 'umm'on the tv with the word 'now'. They start the first (and almost all other sentences) with 'now' and then say it again when they get run down and aren't sure what to say next. This even happens with the newer presenters on the travel and lifestyle shows. So, I suspect everyone on tv is being sent to the same "TV Presenters School" and are all coming out saying "Now... now... now...". It surely is irritating. Coastal Aussies last blog post..<a href="http://coastalaussie.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/taj/" rel="nofollow">Taj</a> I agree with your post, and over here we have a new porblem because they’ve tried to replace ‘err’ and ‘umm’on the tv with the word ‘now’. They start the first (and almost all other sentences) with ‘now’ and then say it again when they get run down and aren’t sure what to say next. This even happens with the newer presenters on the travel and lifestyle shows. So, I suspect everyone on tv is being sent to the same “TV Presenters School” and are all coming out saying “Now… now… now…”. It surely is irritating.

Coastal Aussies last blog post..Taj

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1533 Jay Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:18:58 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1533 Hey, <b>Sandy</b> - I missed you. I must've been posting at the same time you were! Another nod in agreement? Excellent. ;) Hey, Sandy - I missed you. I must’ve been posting at the same time you were! Another nod in agreement? Excellent. ;)

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1529 Jay Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:15:16 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1529 <b>Baino</b> - We have satellite TV, I don't know how many news channels there are, there may be 24, but what I meant was 24-hour news, as in, it's on 24 hours a day, every day. Sorry that wasn't clear! Don't you have them down there? Actually it sounds as if you have a better deal on news than we do - not an 'er' to be heard? Makes me feel like emigrating! Baino - We have satellite TV, I don’t know how many news channels there are, there may be 24, but what I meant was 24-hour news, as in, it’s on 24 hours a day, every day. Sorry that wasn’t clear! Don’t you have them down there? Actually it sounds as if you have a better deal on news than we do - not an ‘er’ to be heard? Makes me feel like emigrating!

]]> By: Baino http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1528 Baino Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:05:56 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1528 24 News channels! You must have cable. I'm old fashioned free to air myself but lately only watch the equivalent of the BBC. My gripe . . 10 minutes of news and 20 minutes of sport every news half hour. Seriously! And it's a sport that nobody else plays, usuall NRL (Rugby League) and some boofhead who's got pissed and thumped a bouncer in a bar! GAH! Although we have a very good multicultural channel SBS that actually lets people know what's going on in the rest of the world! Surprisingly, their presenters are always of non Australian background and there's not an 'er' to be heard! Bainos last blog post..<a href="http://bainosbanter.blogspot.com/2008/08/three-amigos-and-new-muskateer.html" rel="nofollow">The Three Amigos (and the new Muskateer)</a> 24 News channels! You must have cable. I’m old fashioned free to air myself but lately only watch the equivalent of the BBC. My gripe . . 10 minutes of news and 20 minutes of sport every news half hour. Seriously! And it’s a sport that nobody else plays, usuall NRL (Rugby League) and some boofhead who’s got pissed and thumped a bouncer in a bar! GAH! Although we have a very good multicultural channel SBS that actually lets people know what’s going on in the rest of the world! Surprisingly, their presenters are always of non Australian background and there’s not an ‘er’ to be heard!

Bainos last blog post..The Three Amigos (and the new Muskateer)

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1526 Jay Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:13:26 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1526 <b>Chelle</b> - Yep. I don't understand it. What an opportunity they passed up! They could have covered huge numbers of smaller stories for the effort they put into the big ones! <b>Jenny</b> - I hardly ever actually put the news on for myself, but OH watches it every single day. Most of the time I can let it run in the background without it worrying me too much, but sometimes the 'ums' and 'ers' just get to me, and the lack of variey, too. <b>JT</b> - Yes to this too! Why??? We so seldom get any upbeat news at all, and yet we all know that there are people doing good things every single day, and people of enormous courage doing amazing things, too. And I'd like to see some of the stories followed up, too, and find out how people are doing now - people who were in the news a while back. You know what I mean? Chelle - Yep. I don’t understand it. What an opportunity they passed up! They could have covered huge numbers of smaller stories for the effort they put into the big ones!

Jenny - I hardly ever actually put the news on for myself, but OH watches it every single day. Most of the time I can let it run in the background without it worrying me too much, but sometimes the ‘ums’ and ‘ers’ just get to me, and the lack of variey, too.

JT - Yes to this too! Why??? We so seldom get any upbeat news at all, and yet we all know that there are people doing good things every single day, and people of enormous courage doing amazing things, too. And I’d like to see some of the stories followed up, too, and find out how people are doing now - people who were in the news a while back. You know what I mean?

]]> By: sandy k http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1525 sandy k Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:11:44 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/348/er/#comment-1525 a definite amen sk sandy ks last blog post..<a href='http://spiritifelici.blogspot.com/2008/08/camera-critters-18-sharing-my-friends.html' rel="nofollow">Camera Critters #18 - sharing my friends</a> a definite amen sk

sandy ks last blog post..Camera Critters #18 - sharing my friends

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