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01-27-2021 07:52 PM
01-28-2021 10:40 AM
Ever hear Wendy Williams use her "made up" words during her show. I love it, shes a hoot!
01-28-2021 02:06 PM
Kim over uses this term. I think she thinks it makes her look like an expert....NOT
01-28-2021 03:41 PM
@Lottapaws wrote:
Mispronunciations and overuse of words by the hosts are what bother me. I realize change is what is constant, but IMHO, journalist and on air media should abide by the “proper” usage and pronunciation of the current times. The show guest can appeal to the audience if their choosing as it is their products and target market. But the QVC hosts should use proper English. One reason is that audiences are quite diverse in age, taste, geographical regions, etc. in other words, pronounce the word as com’ par a ble, not com par’
able, is the correct pronunciation. Even if your age, regional dialect, or whatever group pronounced the word differently, it is still okay to hear it pronounced properly. If a host uses a colloquialism, it may be bothersome to those not in the area of that usage. I have begun to change the channel when a jost uses the word ‘iconic’ more than once in any show. Most everything is not ‘iconic.’
If I remember correctly (and I'm not sure I do 😉), at one time media personalities--radio and television--went to school to learn to pronounce words, enunciate correctly, and to lose any regional accent they might have.
The idea was to all sound the same, like they were from "the middle of the country".
01-28-2021 03:55 PM
If a host came out and began speaking in a language I didn't understand, that would be annoying.
A host pronouncing a word differently than I do, or using a word, in a way I might not, isn't even a blip, on my radar!
My hometown, is Spokane. I can't tell you how many times, I've heard it mispronounced 🥴
01-30-2021 06:00 PM
@millieshops wrote:@Kachina624 Some doctoral student in linguistics somewhere could do a thesis on how salespeople on tv change our language.
As to where the questioned use of fabrication beyond in manufacturing and lying, I wonder. Maybe a word search of Women's Wear Daily or some other industry publication would reveal its early source.
Somehow I doubt a QVC host or vendor was its earliest user although I will admit I loved Shawn's coining of new words and expressions when she was a newbie.
@millieshops What are you talking about??? Is she lying??? If so, about what. I don't understand your statement at all.
01-31-2021 09:46 AM
There is some secret reason they do this, I just gave up and don't worry about it.
01-31-2021 05:53 PM
@KatieB, fabrication is also used when someone fabricates a story - or lies. They are discussing the use and misuse of that word. No biggie.
02-01-2021 11:00 AM - edited 02-01-2021 11:01 AM
SuhseK, I always mispronounced "Spokane" until I heard it spoken in the movie "Housekeeping." I would want to know the truth!
02-06-2021 09:57 AM
I am the daughter of a "bespoke tailor".....(Look it up)...The word in question is "fabric".....material...NOT Fabrication...If they want to be a master of their trade use the correct language.
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