Annoying traits of radio presenters.....

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Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

There's a lad Conor Brophy who I think does the business news on RTE.

Pronounces the letter 'o' as 'u' as in 'money' being pronounced as ' munny'

and government being called 'guvernment'.

Very annoying as 'utherwoise' he is quite good.

Also ,not Conor now but where did this 'Koe-erk' pronouncitation for 'Cork' spring from?

And finally!

Aoife Carragher AA Roadwatch, reduces her voice to one of the harshest rasps I have ever heard when she signs off after the bulletin.

I'd say she could burn through a steel door with it.!!

In think you may need to go back to school with a comment like that or should I pronounce that as sc-ooo-ll

Should I refer to you as numpty or a numbty.

LordSutch

Pat Kenny - Portoogal, In Studio, Parse . . .
Dunphy sluring, sounding pissed, and fighting.
Matt Cooper (too many mangled words to list).
Marian Finucane swallowing & chocking.
George Hook & his daily nasal blockage.
Tara Duggan (Newstalk News) depressing

shockwave

LordSutch wrote: »

Pat Kenny - Portoogal, In Studio, Parse . . .
Dunphy sluring, sounding pissed, and fighting.
Matt Cooper (too many mangled words to list).
Marian Finucane swallowing & chocking.
George Hook & his daily nasal blockage.
Tara Duggan (Newstalk News) depressing

You forgot Ray Darcys sighing

jmcc

Marty Whelan - just being on Lyric FM and playing MOR schlock and then humming along to it without muting the mic.

Regards...jmcc

fussyonion

There's always a clip being played on Will Leahy's show of a man saying "Very happy, very happy" in a strong culchie accent.
It's been going on YEARS now and it does my head in.

newmug

Cunnur Hnt, Ur-tee-eee news


That man cannot pronounce anything with an O without substituting it for a U. Someone take the spud out of that gob****es mouth.


I dunno how many times I rang RTE to complain about him.






(Well, actually I do. 4 times. 4.)

Evan DietrichSmith

newmug wrote: »

Cunnur Hnt, Ur-tee-eee news


That man cannot pronounce anything with an O without substituting it for a U. Someone take the spud out of that gob****es mouth.


I dunno how many times I rang RTE to complain about him.







(Well, actually I do. 4 times. 4.)

Well done, some of us have standards.

Let me guess, you got no response?

Radio5

" slopping out is a way a life for prisoners in Cork prison" , so said Jenny O'Sullivan on the 6pm Radio news last week.

MJ23

Will Leahy's shouty voice. And his never ending countdown to Friday.
Eejit.

Evan DietrichSmith

MJ23 wrote: »

Will Leahy's shouty voice. And his never ending countdown to Friday.
Eejit.

With you on that one, this countdown to the weekend is a bit hackneyed now.

MJ23

Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

With you on that one, this countdown to the weekend is a bit hackneyed now.

Only 5 days til Friday.

NIMAN

The way DJs love to tell you that "the weekend has officially started" gets on my wick.

Who are they to tell me that 2pm on a Friday afternoon is the weekend, when I'm stuck at work for a few more hours.

L1011

NIMAN wrote: »

Who are they to tell me that 2pm on a Friday afternoon is the weekend, when I'm stuck at work for a few more hours.

They're also stuck in work, which makes it even odder. Should be announcing it at the *end* of their show maybe.

Going Forward

Derek Mooney's panic attack of a handover to Mary Wilson if his show runs seconds past half past four.

mike65

That fella who does the Today FM phone in after the Prem League game is the 'pits of the world' if Smashy (or is it Nicey?) had a football phone in this is how it would sound.

prunudo

mike65 wrote: »

That fella who does the Today FM phone in after the Prem League game is the 'pits of the world' if Smashy (or is it Nicey?) had a football phone in this is how it would sound.

Haha, was only thinking 10mins ago that I'm surprised there's nobody on boards giving out about him.
I'm not mad on him myself but I kind of blank him out and just listen to the fans opinions.

Johnny Lyons is his name, used to do the sports news on 98fm

razorblunt

Paul "i lár na páirce" Collins and his sharp intake of breath after every sentence when reading the sports news on Today FM.

Neil "Mind you" Prendeville

Birneybau

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Dublin_Mom

Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

Aoife Carragher AA Roadwatch, reduces her voice to one of the harshest rasps I have ever heard when she signs off after the bulletin.

I'd say she could burn through a steel door with it.!!

Even worse, same Aoife Carragher does not represent AA roadwatch, but...EH EH roadwatch

I really have to switch off every time she is giving the report as it irritates me so much. Dont know where her accent is from but its awful

A.J.Plumb

Dublin_Mom wrote: »

Even worse, same Aoife Carragher does not represent AA roadwatch, but...EH EH roadwatch

I really have to switch off every time she is giving the report as it irritates me so much. Dont know where her accent is from but its awful

She is from Cavan as far as I know...pops my earwaxx big time does our Aoife !

jellybear

Aoife Carraghers croak every morning at the end of "AA Roadwatch" makes me feel physically sick. It's as if she couldn't care less who she's reporting for and just wants to finish the 30 second job she has to do every half hour!

As a side point the 'song' on the promo for Adrian Kennedy and Jeremy Dixon's new show on 98fm is beyond atrocious!!!

annapanna

jellybear wrote: »

Aoife Carraghers croak every morning at the end of "AA Roadwatch" makes me feel physically sick. It's as if she couldn't care less who she's reporting for and just wants to finish the 30 second job she has to do every half hour!

I can't bear her accent, it's like she thinks it's sexy to descend into a croak. The way she says 'eh eh' is just awful.

Going Forward

annapanna wrote: »

I can't bear her accent, it's like she thinks it's sexy to descend into a croak. The way she says 'eh eh' is just awful.

TBH, all the AA segments are delivered in a rushed, careless way, with no format that I can discern, could start in Mayo or Waterford, in no order.

Surely one should be able to expect an intelligent report starting in Dublin, then running in alphabetical order each time?

Stavro Mueller

Where on earth did Today FM dig up their showbiz correspondent Georgie Gavin from? Her nasal dortspeak accent sounds like nails on a blackboard .

alaimacerc

NIMAN wrote: »

Easily the most annoying thing on radio these days is Des Cahill's sports reports in the early morning show.

Has that fella got serious nasal/sinus problems? He sounds like he needs to see a doctor.

He's constantly sniffing, snorting, out of breath before the end of sentences, swallowing spittle etc when he's trying to do his report.

How do they vet people for jobs? Surely for the radio one of the main requirements would be a decent speaking voice with no annoying traits.

Callan -- I think it was (or Rosenstock?) -- did him up like a kipper for this. Sniff, sniff, munches sausage roll, etc. Unfortunately it just makes wheezy-Des all the harder to listen to. (Mind you, that's also true of half the TDs in the Dail...)

Harry Palmr

Not so much a single presenter but the obvious "sad voice" adopted by presenters when they have some bad news to deliver to the people.

threein99

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Not so much a single presenter but the obvious "sad voice" adopted by presenters when they have some bad news to deliver to the people.

sheroman01

Newstalk - Off the Ball - there is a guest pundit for football who appears sometimes, kind of a "posh" Dublin accent. Has an unbearable habbit of saying "ehhhhhhhh" and "uhmmmmmmm" before every sentence. Anyone know who this is?

Alicano

+1 for 'The weekend starts here'. I'm a shift worker

StreetLight

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Not so much a single presenter but the obvious "sad voice" adopted by presenters when they have some bad news to deliver to the people.

Michelle McMullen is a case in point, as well her ability to make. Every. Word. Sound. Like. A. Sentence.