Community Chat

[Jacie]

That has been a thing at QVC for years now. One particular host that comes to mind, has a habit of making up words all the time. QVC seems to support it. 

[Beaches 1956]

The dumming down of America is all around us. Sad.

[katie1859]

What has happened to our society is slang

Its very prevalent in the younger than older individuals 

and it's very cultural 

I don't listen to the Q much to notice it

but the hosts aren't scholars so I would expect they follow trends

The  US has become sloppy in so many areas and I agree language/speech

is one of them. Social media, texting, being forms that don't require

a whole lot of linguistic brain action lol

[UpNorthGorgy]

I think most of us have Grammer  or pronunciation that annoys us?  There was a Host that dropped the N on the words" Cotton" and "Button". I had to mute.  She was a good host otherwise. 

Then I have noticed  a young local newscaster also doing this, 

especially noticed her saying  the word "Kitten." A regional or young person's pronunciation? Is our speech changing? I can't take the off pronunciation over and over. An occasional  mispronounced word or phrase is tolerable for me. I have done it myself but I am not on Television.

[We rescue cats]

The acceptance of poor grammar and/or the dumbing down of America is pitiful and it gets worse because no one is ever called on the carpet about it. I think a big part of that is because people do not read our written language as it should be written as much as we did when I was young.

[Cakers3]

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@luvmybeetle wrote:

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@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

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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.

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@luvmybeetle You stated your English is not the best but here you are an English major? 🤔

Your thread title needs correction, especially with the apostrophe.

[layla2450]

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@Cakers3 wrote:

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@luvmybeetle wrote:

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@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

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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.

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@luvmybeetle You stated your English is not the best but here you are an English major? 🤔

Your thread title needs correction, especially with the apostrophe.

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NOT a big deal. She made a mistake. SMH.

[Pixie12]

The worst thing I ever heard was " it was his and I's dog". Using my's for mine.

[HeatherFromNY]

My pet peeve is two presenters  with food products.  One insists on saying MARscapone instead of MASCARPONE (creamy cheese in desserts)  and the other pronounces CARAMEL as "CAR-mull".   Drives me up the wall !    Also the topic header should read "Hosts Speaking Correctly".  No apostrophe is needed on "hosts".   

[Another new name Sue]

@HeatherFromNY   I noticed that punctuation error in the title!