The Last Word

jjll

Has anyone else noticed tha mat has stopped saying this is the last word with matt cooper for the last couple of days. Its now just The Last Word

mike65

You were saying?

constitutionus

you know im kinda surprised matts show doesnt have a megathread.

particularly as he'd be one of the more robust interviewers. he fair laid into hogan a few days ago and it wound the guy right up.

mike65

Was thinking that myself. A place to list all those mangled words that fall from his mouth and the witless leading questions and deliberately (and obviously) contrary points he puts to a subject to illicit an equally obvious response.

mike65

Christ, is it me or is Cooperman just free wheeling through his show these days? Little more than a succession of obvious topics handled in a dull obvious fashion with no interesting guests?

GSF

mike65 wrote: »

Christ, is it me or is Cooperman just free wheeling through his show these days? Little more than a succession of obvious topics handled in a dull obvious fashion with no interesting guests?

It is you!

LordSutch

jjll wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed tha mat has stopped saying this is the last word with matt cooper for the last couple of days. Its now just The Last Word

I could write page on the mans radio delivery, I am repulsed by the way he speaks from the back of his throat through a sea of saliva, yet oddly fascinated and attracted at the same time! As I turned on the The Last Word this evening (Wed) he was on about a person called Samanta, that's right 'Samanta', and he definately said Samanta several times during the segment, dear Lord why can't he say Samantha? I thought to myself, this of course now joins a long line of words that he always struggles with, such words as Through or Thought frequently get mixed up with True & Taught, he also confuses the surname Carty with Carthy, and its not that he can't say his TH's, its just that he sometimes puts them in the wrong words!

Lucky escape for Juliet GASH, as Matt introduced her every evening.

NIMAN

I hate the way he pronounces the 'Guardian' newspaper.

Can' even spell it, something like Gardge -yan.

Horse84

LordSutch wrote: »

jjll wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed tha mat has stopped saying this is the last word with matt cooper for the last couple of days. Its now just The Last Word

I could write page on the mans radio delivery, I am repulsed by the way he speaks from the back of his throat through a sea of saliva, yet oddly fascinated and attracted at the same time! As I turned on the The Last Word this evening (Wed) he was on about a person called Samanta, that's right 'Samanta', and he definately said Samanta several times during the segment, dear Lord why can't he say Samantha? I thought to myself, this of course now joins a long line of words that he always struggles with, such words as Through or Thought frequently get mixed up with True & Taught, he also confuses the surname Carty with Carthy, and its not that he can't say his TH's, its just that he sometimes puts them in the wrong words!

Lucky escape for Juliet GASH, as Matt introduced her every evening.

It's his accent for the love of god, get over it!

Aidric

The best drivetime current affairs radio show in Ireland by quite some margin. I like Cooper.

twinklerunner

NIMAN wrote: »

I hate the way he pronounces the 'Guardian' newspaper.

Can' even spell it, something like Gardge -yan.

Catholic pronounced catlick and his pronunciation of al-Qaeda is usually hilarious
His diction isn't great but overall I find it an enjoyable show.

LordSutch

Saman'ta Brick, that's Saman'ta without the H, Click here and listen for the 1st sixtry seconds of the show for a flavour of what I'm talking about, then jump to 8:35 of the same segment for an in debt talk about Saman'ta > http://media.todayfm.com/listenback/98/wednesday/1/?uniqueID=553827

As well as his many mangled words, I often think he sounds like he's far too close to the microphone, almost as if its in his troath.

"Now over to the noos room witt Laura Byrne"

Sound of Silence

LordSutch wrote: »

Saman'ta Brick, that's Saman'ta without the H, Click here and listen for the 1st sixtry seconds of the show for a flavour of what I'm talking about, then jump to 8:35 of the same segment for an in debt talk about Saman'ta > http://media.todayfm.com/listenback/98/wednesday/1/?uniqueID=553827

As well as his many mangled words, I often think he sounds like he's far too close to the microphone, almost as if its in his troath.

"Now over to the noos room witt Laura Byrne"

As another poster has stated, it's an accent. I'm sure it's not something he's developed on the spur of the moment. He's not exactly a drivetime presenter.

If it bothers you that much, perhaps you could start a petition insisting that he takes dictation classes.

GSF

Aidric wrote: »

The best drivetime current affairs radio show in Ireland by quite some margin. I like Cooper.

compared to the alternatives its the best by far. Obviously the show has had its budget cut over the last few years but thats a fact of all radio in Ireland.

GSF

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miketv

Aidric wrote: »

The best drivetime current affairs radio show in Ireland by quite some margin. I like Cooper.

Out fo the 3 national drive time shows I tend to turn Matt on first. I suspect there would not be enough interest for a mega thread, some interesting bits every now and again on it that slips by as it is not noted on boards.

torrentum

Matt Cooper is good alright, but I tune to rte 1 for the simple reason that the add breaks are shorter.

mike65

miketv wrote: »

Out fo the 3 national drive time shows I tend to turn Matt on first. I suspect there would not be enough interest for a mega thread, some interesting bits every now and again on it that slips by as it is not noted on boards.

Which sort of sums up the shows essential weakness - its a bit magnolia.