topic Re: Host's Speaking Correctly in Community Chat

Hosts Speaking Correctly

luvmybeetle — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 02:33:07 GMT

This may be trivial but it bugs me like crazy.

I do not have the best English but I have a problem with the hosts speaking problems. I would think that when any TV station/News program hires a person they would know how to speak properly. I hear so many hosts speak improperly as in "these ones", "off of", and so forth. There are many things I find incorrect and I do understand everyone has their own way of speaking, it is just driving me nuts.

I don't know why I'm upset about something so trivial, I guess I'm just having a bad New Year.

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

Kachina624 — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:40:15 GMT

@luvmybeetle. What do you think we should do about it?

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

luvmybeetle — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:42:10 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@luvmybeetle. What do you think we should do about it?

I don't think we should do anything about it, I'm just venting my opinion.

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

Sooner — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:43:26 GMT

@luvmybeetle I do hope your year gets better! All the best and summer is here so maybe that will help! I wish you a happy spring and a beautiful sunny summer!

As far as language, that changes and not much we can do accept that is it a growing and evolving part of human change and movement and interaction. I think we would have a hard time understanding someone speaking Old English. I have heard it read and the differences are amazing.

Some of the people I grew up with are speaking a language all its own to parts of Texas and Oklahoma.

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

Zhills — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:10:40 GMT

I think the Hosts should have to take courses in correct English!

Secretaries have to know how to write a letter correctly....Hosts should have to know how to speak correctly!JMHO

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

SilleeMee — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:29:08 GMT

Even closed captioning has a hard time with it.

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

luvmybeetle — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:37:25 GMT

@Zhills wrote:
I think the Hosts should have to take courses in correct English!

Secretaries have to know how to write a letter correctly....Hosts should have to know how to speak correctly!JMHO

Thank you. I was a secretary and went to school for word processing, and was an English major. I guess that is my reasoning. People in public speaking should know how to speak correctly.

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

Tori3569 — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:49:18 GMT

Just curious, what's the issue with "off of"? As in "the vet took my cat off of her medication ". I feel like I'm missing something

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

Q-Checker — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 01:17:18 GMT

@luvmybeetle I agree that hosts should use grammmatically correct Standard English -- as do news casters and other public speakers. Regional and casual speech is best used in regional and casual environments.

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

Kachina624 — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:16:07 GMT

@Zhills wrote:
I think the Hosts should have to take courses in correct English!

Secretaries have to know how to write a letter correctly....Hosts should have to know how to speak correctly!JMHO

@Zhills. They are presumably all college grads many having majored in communications. If all of that won't do it, I don't know what will.

I agree with @luvmybeetle , I hear some things that are cringe-worthy.

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

mrshckynut — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:33:06 GMT

@luvmybeetle wrote:
This may be trivial but it bugs me like crazy.

I do not have the best English but I have a problem with the hosts speaking problems. I would think that when any TV station/News program hires a person they would know how to speak properly. I hear so many hosts speak improperly as in "these ones", "off of", and so forth. There are many things I find incorrect and I do understand everyone has their own way of speaking, it is just driving me nuts.

I don't know why I'm upset about something so trivial, I guess I'm just having a bad New Year.

@luvmybeetle my only interest is the product not a host's form of speech i agree with your opening sentence

mrshckynut

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

Desertdi — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:34:13 GMT

"Secretaries" are a THING OF THE PAST.

There hasn't been that job category since the 1980's.

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

MamaWick — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:48:01 GMT

@Tori3569. Your sentence doesn't need "of." "The vet took my cat off her medication" is a complete sentence.

Just my thought on it. It doesn't bother me either way.

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

frenchie — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:10:13 GMT

I think maybe the hosts presenting have to think of words on the spur of the moment, you know like when you write a letter you have time to think. I do the same, my mind goes faster than the words come out. I guess it's the way we speak today, very informally. Someone mentioned closed-captioning....very funny sometimes.

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

ChillyTulip — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:12:45 GMT

@luvmybeetle wrote:
This may be trivial but it bugs me like crazy.

I do not have the best English but I have a problem with the hosts speaking problems. I would think that when any TV station/News program hires a person they would know how to speak properly. I hear so many hosts speak improperly as in "these ones", "off of", and so forth. There are many things I find incorrect and I do understand everyone has their own way of speaking, it is just driving me nuts.

I don't know why I'm upset about something so trivial, I guess I'm just having a bad New Year.

Before criticizing the hosts' speaking habits, perhaps you should brush up on basic grammar and sentence construction.

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

Sue29243 — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:38:29 GMT

I hate it when an apostrophe is used incorrectly ( host's vs. hosts).

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

Zhills — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 01:13:02 GMT

@ChillyTulip wrote:
@luvmybeetle wrote:

I do not have the best English but I have a

I don't know why I'm upset about something so trivial, I guess I'm just having a bad New Year.
"Before criticizing the hosts' speaking habits, perhaps you should brush up on basic grammar and sentence construction."

I haven't heard of any Posters being paid a considerable salary for posting correctly.

Posting is not a job

Hosting is a job and words should be used correctly! Why not?

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

shoekitty — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 02:38:23 GMT

I believe all the hosts are educated and probably know better. Perhaps they just let it go when they are on camera so long, and to just let hair down. Sometimes when speaking for a while, people start speaking, then change thoughts, hooking odd words together in between. Stuff like doesn't bother me, but stuff like saying "Buff et" Instead of "bouf fay} (buffet) . Or "moan Ette" instead of "Moan A", (Monet). Or like Fill-ette Mignon.instead of "fillay" (filet) Stuff like that, sets my teeth on edge. lol but, to each their own!!!

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

KKJ — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 01:56:30 GMT

I've heard seemingly well-educated people say and write "should of" and "could of" instead of should have and could have. Yes, people use poor English. Another one that drives me nuts and seems to be accepted today is saying "the couple are" instead of correctly saying and writing "the couple is". It's ONE couple.

Re: Host's Speaking Correctly

Tinkrbl44 — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 02:28:31 GMT

@Sue29243 wrote:
I hate it when an apostrophe is used incorrectly ( host's vs. hosts).

@Sue29243

First ... Welcome!

Second .... the title was the first thing I noticed, and laughed out loud. I couldn't help it.