Matt Cooper and Enburgh?

LordSutch

Possibly my ears at fault here, but I'd sware that Matt Cooper calls the City of Edinburgh 'Enburgh' twice in this interview.

Listen here, 15th July/ Part Two 53 Mins, and then again at 56 Mins > http://player.todayfm.com/player/listen_back/7/4296/15th_July_2013_-_The_Last_Word_with_Matt_Cooper_Part_2

But as I say, it may be my ears? or maybe there is an Enburgh University in Scotland? or it could be his accent?

denishurley

Definitely the accent, I'd say.

Something worrying I've noticed among TodayFM presenters (Louise Duffy - who I otherwise think is great, Michael McMullen, John Duggan) is to pronounce 'ing' as 'een'

Edit: I should have said that it's worry-een

Imhof Tank

Is it not more like "Enbur" op?

coolhull

LordSutch wrote: »

Possibly my ears at fault here, but I'd sware that Matt Cooper calls the City of Edinburgh 'Enburgh' twice in this interview.

Listen here, 15th July/ Part Two 53 Mins, and then again at 56 Mins > http://player.todayfm.com/player/listen_back/7/4296/15th_July_2013_-_The_Last_Word_with_Matt_Cooper_Part_2

But as I say, it may be my ears? or maybe there is an Enburgh University in Scotland? or it could be his accent?[/
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Thank Jaysis we live in a country where unemployment is nil, politicians and bankers are honest and debt is not an issue. We can spend our time productively, worrying about how radio presenters speak. Isn't democracy great?

Meangadh

denishurley wrote: »

Definitely the accent, I'd say.

Something worrying I've noticed among TodayFM presenters (Louise Duffy - who I otherwise think is great, Michael McMullen, John Duggan) is to pronounce 'ing' as 'een'

Edit: I should have said that it's worry-een

I noticed that with Louise Duffy too! Doesn't really bother me though to be honest, I like hearing regional accents on the radio. As long as we can understand them without difficulty, it shouldn't really matter too much.

Expunge

coolhull wrote: »

Thank Jaysis we live in a country where unemployment is nil, politicians and bankers are honest and debt is not an issue. We can spend our time productively, worrying about how radio presenters speak. Isn't democracy great?

Yeah, I guess these things will crop up on a Radio forum.

draiochtanois

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byronbay2

He also invariably pronounces Saturday as Saherday.

SpaceTime

I think it's a combination of the pronunciation and the compression too.

He's eliding the wrong part of the jump between the first two syllabi and the mic / compression is possibly making it sound worse than it is.

Correct pronunciation of that word should have a rolled R anyway So, technically speaking we're probably all wrong!

At least he's not doing what a lot of US presenters do and calling it "Eden - Burg"

draiochtanois

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coolhull

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Nil unemployment isn't optimal by the way :-)[/quote]

No, but it helps!

SpaceTime

draiochtanois wrote: »

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It's pronounced in a way that there are no letters in the English language to express, and it can occasionally shatter glass !

donaghs

byronbay2 wrote: »

He also invariably pronounces Saturday as Saherday.

I think he says it more like "saha-day". Which it odd as his diction seems fine otherwise. It sticks out like a sore thumb

Yakuza

donaghs wrote: »

I think he says it more like "saha-day". Which it odd as his diction seems fine otherwise. It sticks out like a sore thumb

He goes to the Thee-ayte-her on a Sahaday

I thnk MC is one of the best journalists in print and radio, so I'm prepared to overlook his odd few pronunciation foibles

SpaceTime

Still preferable to listening to robot DJ voice v. 2.1.6 that many radio presenters seem to aim towards

Dan Jaman

Just be glad he doesn't pronounce it like most folk west of the Harthill Services - "Embra".