Bobby Kerr Businessman on Newstalk.

stoneill

How can a successful businessman go through life mispronouncing one of the biggest auditors in the world.
His add for "Earnest" and Young is just bad.

Some people have way too much to complain about.

gobnaitolunacy

Also why do people call Goodbody Stockbrokers, 'GoodBUDDY Stockbrokers'?

ColeTrain

Outrageous, it really is

Sky King

I would forgive Mr. Kerr given that his background is business and not broadcasting. Also, Newstalk is privately owned and so they can hire who they like, pretty much.

I have a serious problem with the many MANY broadcasters on the state funded RTE who have a brutal grasp of basic grammar and pronunciation though.

It can't be that hard to get people who can speak properly can it?

Holsten

Love his coffee though!

doubledown

stoneill wrote: »

How can a successful businessman go through life mispronouncing one of the biggest auditors in the world.
His add for "Earnest" and Young is just bad.

How can some people go through life not knowing how to spell "ad" correctly?

Oh well, never mind. Better luck next time, OP.

And yes - Kerr is AWFUL on the radio.

Banjo String

Eh, sure our own Taoiseach can't pronounce his own name.


It's ENda, not Inda!

The Barefoot Pizza Thief

Should never have been dropped as Ireland manager.

ColeTrain

SamHall wrote: »

Eh, sure our own Taoiseach can't pronounce his own name.


It's ENda, not Inda!

I think he knows that.

monkeypants

Earnest and Young wouldn't have let Anglo slip so much by them.

Ash.J.Williams

Bobby Kerr should do less broadcasting and make fresher sandwiches

TwoShedsJackson

His voice bugs the piss out of me, have to switch it over whenever he's on. Of course Newstalk do have Marc Coleman, author of The Best is Yet to Come as their Head of Business or whatever title he's carrying.

This book, published late 2007, tells us all how, far from the bubble bursting, we are actually on the cusp of a Golden Age that could last 30 years or more!!

jossnjuice

I for one thoroughly enjoy listening to his programme whilst dying on a sunday morning.

SEPT 23 1989

Bobby is the worst broadcaster in the history of radio

SEPT 23 1989

jossnjuice wrote: »

I for one thoroughly enjoy listening to his programme whilst dying on a sunday morning.

It probably sounds ok when you are in that state:D

vitani

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Bobby is the worst broadcaster in the history of radio

I beg to differ. Have you not heard Keith Duffy?

gobnaitolunacy

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Bobby is the worst broadcaster in the history of radio

That accolade should go to George Hook, interrupting guests, spitting into the mike and going on and on about lovely Ingrid.
Hate presenters discussing their families on air, as if we gave a sh*t. Tom Dunne is another offender.

And pronounces the number 'six' as 'sex'....*shudders*

SEPT 23 1989

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

That accolade should go to George Hook, interrupting guests, spitting into the mike and going on and on about lovely Ingrid.

George Hook can string a sentence together

Fratton Fred

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

That accolade should go to George Hook, interrupting guests, spitting into the mike and going on and on about lovely Ingrid.

George Hook is a legend.

JonathanAnon

stoneill wrote: »

His add for "Earnest" and Young is just bad.

Yeah I cringed when I heard this as well.. And the previous ad was just as bad... "The winner will get an interview with mwahhhhh".. (i.e. moi)

super_furry

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Bobby is the worst broadcaster in the history of radio

He's not even the worst on Newstalk. Nora Casey on their breakfast show manages to be ignorant, patronising and ill-informed all in the same breath. She's unlistenable.

mike65

Newstalk seems to be collecting together a sort of Avengers Ensemble of lousy speakers

Chris Donohue - ball bearings in a biscuit tin.
Nora Casey - giggle, hmm, yes, ahh
Hooky - rambling gargly noises
Moncreif - ah, eh, oo, hmm, mmm
Kerr - mumbleybumblystuff
Coleman - hack, krrrrr, cough, squlch

SEPT 23 1989

super_furry wrote: »

He's not even the worst on Newstalk. Nora Casey on their breakfast show manages to be ignorant, patronising and ill-informed all in the same breath. She's unlistenable.

No fan of Nora but Bobby is on a different level especially on one of his outside broadcasts,all thats missing is the circus music in the background

D1stant

mike65 wrote: »

Newstalk seems to be collecting together a sort of Avengers Ensemble of lousy speakers

Chris Donohue - ball bearings in a biscuit tin.
Nora Casey - giggle, hmm, yes, ahh
Hooky - rambling gargly noises
Moncreif - ah, eh, oo, hmm, mmm
Kerr - mumbleybumblystuff
Coleman - hack, krrrrr, cough, squlch

I always get the impression Casey is playing footsy with Chris in the mornings. The flirting is vommit-inducing. She's fundamentally an airhead. Take away "business" and "woman" from her vocabulary and she has nothing to say

Montcrief is the best thing on radio. All verbal ticks forgiven.

YellowFeather

Great LinkedIn profile though! http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bobby-kerr/65/a02/269

gobnaitolunacy

super_furry wrote: »

He's not even the worst on Newstalk. Nora Casey on their breakfast show manages to be ignorant, patronising and ill-informed all in the same breath. She's unlistenable.

Come back Ivan, all is forgiven.

syklops

vitani wrote: »

I beg to differ. Have you not heard Keith Duffy?

Do you mean Joe Duffy? He's pretty shocking too.

Yamanoto

While we're on the subject of mispronunciation, those 'Maraton Sports Travel' ad's annoy me more than they possibly should.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ljFfL-mL70

dark crystal

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Bobby is the worst broadcaster in the history of radio

He's pretty bad, but the worst has to be the foreign lady who hosts a show on Newstalk either on a Saturday or Sunday evening. She's a terrible interviewer, misses links, leaves long pauses between links and is generally really amateurish when presenting.

Never heard anyone as bad on the radio.

D1stant

dark crystal wrote: »

He's pretty bad, but the worst has to be the foreign lady who hosts a show on Newstalk either on a Saturday or Sunday evening. She's a terrible interviewer, misses links, leaves long pauses between links and is generally really amateurish when presenting.

Never heard anyone as bad on the radio.

You mean Dill Everyones-racist-against-me-because-Im-a-SriLankan-Lesbian?

Yes. Good call

dark crystal

D1stant wrote: »

You mean Dill Everyones-racist-against-me-because-Im-a-SriLankan-Lesbian?

Yes. Good call

I don't know her name, but the show is called Global Village. Jesus, it's dire.

Yamanoto

D1stant wrote: »

Montcrief is the best thing on radio. All verbal ticks forgiven.

Sean's surely morphed into Elmer Fudd - his delivery oft-punctuated by a series of staccato eh, em, uh, b.b..but's etc.

I used to enjoy Moncrieff and I know it's a minority view, but the show kinda grates when I catch it now.

It reminds me of a drawn out version of 'And finally...' on ITN News - too much fluff like alien abductees, hipster American authors and myriad other wacky but all too familiar items. It's mildly amusing on occasion but the way some people go on, you'd think Sean was a frickin' comedy God.

suicide_circus

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

No fan of Nora but Bobby is on a different level especially on one of his outside broadcasts,all thats missing is the circus music in the background

Cant we just agree that they are both dire?

ad83

dark crystal wrote: »

I don't know her name, but the show is called Global Village. Jesus, it's dire.

I was sent on a corporate ethnic sensitivity training course some years ago given by a certain woman ( i believe the afternoon( 2 - 5) course cost somewhere in the region of 10k - boom times )

I would be a fairly quiet person but could not bite my lip any more when she accused the class of being racist because they worked for a company who hired qualified candidates over unqualified

when I and some others questioned her on this she unleashed a list of similar issues she has(with Irish people I believe ) which she considers as racism including people who has an issue with welfare fraud

not sure if this is relevant to this thread but have waited since 2007 to tell this story as i don't know anyone who listens to any show on newstalk on saturday nights with whom i could share this

dark crystal

ad83 wrote: »

I was sent on a corporate ethnic sensitivity training course some years ago given by a certain woman ( i believe the afternoon( 2 - 5) course cost somewhere in the region of 10k - boom times )

I would be a fairly quiet person but could not bite my lip any more when she accused the class of being racist because they worked for a company who hired qualified candidates over unqualified

when I and some others questioned her on this she unleashed a list of similar issues she has(with Irish people I believe ) which she considers as racism including people who has an issue with welfare fraud

not sure if this is relevant to this thread but have waited since 2007 to tell this story as i don't know anyone who listens to any show on newstalk on saturday nights with whom i could share this

Was this course given by the same woman who does this show?

admiralofthefleet

he does a lot for the irish economy like buying all the sandwiches for insomnia from a company in newry

blackwhite

Yamanoto wrote: »

It reminds me of a drawn out version of 'And finally...' on ITN News - too much fluff like alien abductees, hipster American authors and myriad other wacky but all too familiar items. It's mildly amusing on occasion but the way some people go on, you'd think Sean was a frickin' comedy God.

These "wacky stories" which have usually been on a minimum of BBC, theJournal.ie and Broadsheet.ie for at least three days before one of his "researchers" passes them to him to read on air.

Interceptor

The mans an idiot.

surferdudz

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

That accolade should go to George Hook, interrupting guests, spitting into the mike and going on and on about lovely Ingrid.
Hate presenters discussing their families on air, as if we gave a sh*t. Tom Dunne is another offender.

And pronounces the number 'six' as 'sex'....*shudders*

+1

Tom Dunne mentions his missus EVERY show...

stoneill

surferdudz wrote: »

+1

Tom Dunne mentions his missus EVERY show...

Blokes on the radio that mention their missus all the time are usually cheating and on cocaine.
Probably.

gobnaitolunacy

stoneill wrote: »

Blokes on the radio that mention their missus all the time are usually cheating and on cocaine.
Probably.

Ray D'arcy took it one step further and started playing happy families with his co-presenter. Needless to say, I don't listen to his show anymore.

vitani

syklops wrote: »

Do you mean Joe Duffy? He's pretty shocking too.

No, Keith Duffy. As in the guy from Boyzone.

Every now and then, he pops up on 98fm for a couple of weeks. For sheer comedy value, he's worth a listen.

suicide_circus

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

His voice bugs the piss out of me, have to switch it over whenever he's on. Of course Newstalk do have Marc Coleman, author of The Best is Yet to Come as their Head of Business or whatever title he's carrying.

This book, published late 2007, tells us all how, far from the bubble bursting, we are actually on the cusp of a Golden Age that could last 30 years or more!!

Haha never knew that! He always struck me as someone who spoke a lot of sense but this certainly lowers his credibility somewhat

suicide_circus

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Ray D'arcy took it one step further and started playing happy families with his co-presenter. Needless to say, I don't listen to his show anymore.

What happened there actually? Gory details please

Teyla Emmagan

dark crystal wrote: »

I don't know her name, but the show is called Global Village. Jesus, it's dire.

I really like that show!! And Dil!

super_furry

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I really like that show!! And Dil!

Me too. She can be a bit too 'right on maaaaaan' and there's sometimes an element of community radio to the show but she usually has interesting guests and topics.

gobnaitolunacy

suicide_circus wrote: »

What happened there actually? Gory details please

Well, when a man and a woman love each other very very much....

Rastadoyle

i know bobby's brother well - Wan

super_furry

Should have gone for Wayne. It's a proper name too.

Ahh, you're young, you'll learn.

johnr1

Bobby Kerr on newstalk right now.