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Judgement Day · 21-10-2014 6:51pm

Another of my pet Newstalk hates is the way they support the mutilating of the English language: three that come to mind are Philip Molloy on the Right Hook Movie slot - segway - I can't find it in the dictionary; get-go by Jonathan Healy (does anybody really use that instead of saying at the start/outset etc...) and his favourite new expression of 'thrown under the bus'. It was gobdaws like Healy, Hook etc that were cheerleaders for 'going forward', 'we are where we are', 'pension pot' etcccccccccccccccc!!!!:mad:

wnolan1992 · 21-10-2014 7:12pm

How do you pronounce segue?

I've never heard anything other than seg-way.

Judgement Day · 21-10-2014 7:19pm

wnolan1992 wrote: »

How do you pronounce segue?

I've never heard anything other than seg-way.

It was wasn't the pronunciation that I was on about - it was the word itself. Thanks to your spelling I have now been able to look it up and find out what it means. I'm 55 and in all my life I can honestly say that Molloy and the "parrot" Hook are the only two people that I've ever heard use the word. I must have led a sheltered life.

wnolan1992 · 21-10-2014 7:22pm

Judgement Day wrote: »

It was wasn't the pronunciation that I was on about - it was the word itself. Thanks to your spelling I have now been able to look it up and find out what it means. I'm 55 and in all my life I can honestly say that Molloy and the "parrot" Hook are the only two people that I've ever heard use the word. I must have led a sheltered life.

Oh right! Sorry, I completely misunderstood your post then. :P

From "the get-go" also irritates me greatly.

Ol' Donie · 21-10-2014 10:02pm

nicedryturf wrote: »

I'm not a fan of Ivan Yates. The obnoxious, smart-alecky tone always grated. This morning though, he pulled no punches with Mary Lou. I've never heard her sound so unconvincing.

Any idea what time that was at? I'd like to give it a listen.

wnolan1992 · 21-10-2014 10:06pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Any idea what time that was at? I'd like to give it a listen.

I believe it was between 8:00-8:25.

neris · 22-10-2014 7:02am

What is the point of the 630am business show? its only for a bout 15 minutes between the news headlines at the start and the breaks. The break at the end of the show is a joke. He goes to a break and then all he does after is say shows over see you tomorrow. cushy number

ballsymchugh · 22-10-2014 9:49am

neris wrote: »

What is the point of the 630am business show? its only for a bout 15 minutes between the news headlines at the start and the breaks. The break at the end of the show is a joke. He goes to a break and then all he does after is say shows over see you tomorrow. cushy number

5live have a similar 'wake up to money' show that starts at 5.30 for half an hour. getting up to be in for a show at that hour is not a cushy number. reading stuff from asian markets and overnight from USA would need to be done too.

CountyHurler · 22-10-2014 1:52pm

Does Colm O'Gorman ever stop giving out.. You'd think getting 110k a year from Amnesty would make you a bit more positive about life..

hotmail.com · 22-10-2014 10:45pm

CountyHurler wrote: »

Does Colm O'Gorman ever stop giving out.. You'd think getting 110k a year from Amnesty would make you a bit more positive about life..

He doesn't get all that money for saying everything is rosie.

neris · 23-10-2014 7:37am

CountyHurler wrote: »

Does Colm O'Gorman ever stop giving out.. You'd think getting 110k a year from Amnesty would make you a bit more positive about life..

Along with Peter McVerry, Fungus Finlay & John O'Shea, O'Gorman is one of Irish lifes better known "Glass 1/2 empty" thinkers

Meathlass · 23-10-2014 10:51am

neris wrote: »

Along with Peter McVerry, Fungus Finlay & John O'Shea, O'Gorman is one of Irish lifes better known "Glass 1/2 empty" thinkers

For a second there I was wondering why our heroic goal-scorer was a pessimist :pac:

CountyHurler · 23-10-2014 12:43pm

neris wrote: »

Along with Peter McVerry, Fungus Finlay & John O'Shea, O'Gorman is one of Irish lifes better known "Glass 1/2 empty" thinkers

We'll, all of The people I purport to represent have a glass half full, but my glass is overflowing with gravy.

Robert2012 · 23-10-2014 5:07pm

Hooks show is a shambles today, Bobby Kerr and Shane Colman standing in for Hook at the "EY entrepreneur of the year awards" ( it's obviously been renamed to prevent Bobby from calling it "the EARNEST and Young entrepreneur of the year awards"

brooke 2 · 23-10-2014 5:14pm

Robert2012 wrote: »

Hooks show is a shambles today, Bobby Kerr and Shane Colman standing in for Hook at the "EY entrepreneur of the year awards" ( it's obviously been renamed to prevent Bobby from calling it "the EARNEST and Young entrepreneur of the year awards"

CanNOT listen to that man's voice.

ballsymchugh · 23-10-2014 5:39pm

Robert2012 wrote: »

Hooks show is a shambles today, Bobby Kerr and Shane Colman standing in for Hook at the "EY entrepreneur of the year awards" ( it's obviously been renamed to prevent Bobby from calling it "the EARNEST and Young entrepreneur of the year awards"

:pac:

Robert2012 · 23-10-2014 5:45pm

brooke 2 wrote: »

CanNOT listen to that man's voice.

He has neither the voice for radio, nor the face for television, or the personality for either...I cannot understand how he has a media profile, other than as an example of somebody who should not be allowed anywhere near the airwaves.

Poly · 23-10-2014 5:50pm

I think his business show on Sat morning is pretty good.

Robert2012 · 23-10-2014 5:54pm

Poly wrote: »

I think his business show on Sat morning is pretty good.

Dave Fanning on 2fm has my business at that time on a Saturday

wnolan1992 · 23-10-2014 6:11pm

Poly wrote: »

I think his business show on Sat morning is pretty good.

I think his show has come on in leaps and bounds over the last year or so.

His voice does grate, but the content on the show is pretty good in fairness.

Muff Richardson · 23-10-2014 7:52pm

Poly wrote: »

I think his business show on Sat morning is pretty good.

I think his business show on Sat morning is pretty sh*te.

ThisRegard · 23-10-2014 8:31pm

Can't take to the man after he refused to pass on the VAT reduction to his customers a few years back.

Ol' Donie · 24-10-2014 1:53pm

Chris O'Dowd on the Moncrieff show now.

Hilarious combination!

ballsymchugh · 24-10-2014 1:58pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Chris O'Dowd on the Moncrieff show now.

Hilarious combination!

he takes a similar approach to chatting up women as i do!

Ol' Donie · 24-10-2014 2:07pm

ballsymchugh wrote: »

he takes a similar approach to chatting up women as i do!

Haha. His line "that was what I thought would impress women when I was in college" had me squirming uncomfortably in my seat!

Meathlass · 24-10-2014 2:08pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Haha. His line "that was what I thought would impress women when I was in college" had me squirming uncomfortably in my seat!

What was his chat up line? Missed it listening to unfunny Friday

Ol' Donie · 24-10-2014 2:18pm

It wasn't a chat up line as such.

He reckoned, because he was tall, that he could swing his foot above anyone's head.

But he tried it after a few drinks, caught some poor girl in the temple, and knocked her clean out.

Ol' Donie · 24-10-2014 3:01pm

Very funny show today.

Sean delaying for the news: "There's no one here to read the news...eh...maybe that's 'cos...em...nothing happened today."

Nerdlingr · 24-10-2014 3:15pm

This is brilliant , I could listen to this dude all day!

:D

WILL NEVER LOG OFF · 24-10-2014 3:36pm

is it just me, or is moncrieff strictly allergic to criticism ?

any time i've heard a critical text being read-out, he goes on a long, awkward, extra-jugular defensive.

he's the weak chink in the NT weekday schedule IMO

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