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To: arno who wrote (20)	6/10/1999 8:53:00 PM
From: w molloy	of 228

Bad English is to be blamed on TV/Radio, rather than schooling. Only Barbara Walters appears to be able to say 'Twenty' (as opposed to twenni) and she has a speech defect. Another of my major peeves is the use of the word 'anticipate' when 'expect' is more appropriate. Why do newscasters say 'ditayls' when it should be pronounce with a long e (deetails)? UK's BBC has a school for announcers. You are not allowed to broadcast until you graduate. They also have a department to research correct pronuncitions of given and place names. e.g The ex Israeli prime ministers given name is BenYaheem - not Benjamin (even though it's spelt that way.)

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