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Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

luvmybeetle — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:55:25 GMT

I have been watching the Irish shows pretty much of the day and I am so tired of hearing them mispronounce the names of products and company names. The host on now is pronouncing Belleek and Merino and a couple other names so wrong. My problem is, why aren't they prepping for these shows so they know how everything is pronounced? And Monifa pronounced Celtic as the basketball team is pronounced and Stephen Walsh corrected her about pronouncing it the correct way as Keltic. I know these are new hosts but please train them as they used to be years before this.

Re: Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

Marp — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:12:43 GMT

Perhaps the problem has less to do with training than it does with shifts in education between the new hosts and those from years ago.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:08:24 GMT

Yes, Rosina had to ask the vendor how to pronounce "chalcedony". I can't express the opinion I have of that action and the lack of preparedness. I wonder if these geniuses know dictionaries show how to pronounce words? Unbelievable and, i should think, embarrassing for QVC.

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SoonerLater — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:10:39 GMT

Another sad lowering of standards, and the value placed on education.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:13:10 GMT

I though hosts had their directors talking in their ear to let them know what and how to say something. What happened to that?

Re: Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

FlyersGirl — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:27:32 GMT

@luvmybeetle I saw/heard that too and cringed when she said "Celtic" like Boston Celtics. And the mispronunciation of Belleek. Sad but I guess the training is lacking.

Re: Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

Kachina624 — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:40:26 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
I though hosts had their directors talking in their ear to let them know what and how to say something. What happened to that?

@SilleeMee Behind-the-scene voices are probably as dumb as some of the hosts. Can you even imagine going unto an Irish show unable to pronounce "Celtic"

Re: Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

banned again — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:42:21 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Yes, Rosina had to ask the vendor how to pronounce "chalcedony".

Let's give her a pass on that one. It is pronounced differently in Europe than in the U.S., as are marcasite, aluminium, byzantine, etc... I know a geologist who didn't know how to pronounce it and I politely corrected him.

But the other mispronunciations...can't they watch some recordings of previous QVC Irish events? They really have little excuse to not be familiar with these products when YouTube is full of presentations of them.

Re: Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

Teddixat — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 02:01:24 GMT

@Kachina624 I agree. There are several hosts who can't pronounce the simplest of things. It's cringeworthy

Re: Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

Kachina624 — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 02:14:47 GMT

@banned again They don't need to worry about the European pronunciations but they sure should know the American version before they hit the airwaves and make fools of themselves before a million or so people.

This was the second host who couldn't pronounce chalcedony. The first, some time ago, didn't last long. She actually sat there and spelled it several times.

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Carmie — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 02:22:48 GMT

I'd be thrilled if the hosts could pronounce " important " correctly.

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frenchie — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 02:31:00 GMT

If it were me doing their job, I would look over all the product cards and make sure I knew all the pronunciations of all products before going on the air. They get paid well enough I'm sure.

Re: Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

ellaphant — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 02:45:11 GMT

Shawn frequently uses verbs and adjectives incorrectly. Never fails to amaze me.

Re: Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

rms1954 — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 03:41:55 GMT

@Teddixat wrote:
@Kachina624 I agree. There are several hosts who can't pronounce the simplest of things. It's cringeworthy

One that I know can never get the colors correct, and she has a card but can't seem to match the color to the name. Duh. ALWAYS has to ask the vendor for help.

Re: Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

chessylady — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 03:56:55 GMT

Many of the hosts and vendors pronounce Button as Butt in. Not sure if it is a regional thing.

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FishandSnail — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 05:49:48 GMT

Rosina seemed to do zero prep and it showed.

I've said before I thought this group of new hosts was, by far, the weakest QVC has brought in.

Re: Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

decaf — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:33:15 GMT

If Rosina was the host who was on maternity leave this year she was unprepared and just terrible on a regular jewelry show about a year ago.

I can only remember one of her missteps from that show. She pronounced peridot as per i DOT. Like the word dot. The embarrassed/angry vendor gently corrected her.

I guess there's no training on five basic semi-precious gems that you're selling to 100 million households.

Re: Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

QVCkitty1 — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:45:31 GMT

Shawn is the absolute worst !!

Re: Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

Judaline — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:43:45 GMT

@chessylady wrote:
Many of the hosts and vendors pronounce Button as Butt in. Not sure if it is a regional thing.

It's the British pronunciation. (but we're not in G.Britain)

Re: Hosts mispronouncing on Irish shows

LindaSal — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:30:45 GMT

ITA, Rosina was a train wreck on that Irish show! As much as people seem to not like Jane Treacy, she is the best host for those shows. As least she has some experience and education of Ireland.