Morning Ireland.

Why in the jaysus use anything other than phones on a radio show, fools.

Louise Byrne. She was presenting prime time for the last couple of weeks

AJB39 wrote: »

I was impressed with Louise Byrne both on Morning Ireland and Prime Time. I think given the opportunity she’s destined for a very good career. She’s been a reporter on Prime Time for some time already.

Needs to ditch the ‘Nooze’ craic.

Fast.

I think Matt Cooper was the first on Irish radio I heard pronounce the "News" as "Nooze"

I can accept many other words being pronounced differently, but this takes the biscuit!!

dxhound2005 wrote: »

https://www.thesun.ie/news/1457854/rte-blasted-for-pronunciation-style-guide-which-demands-broadcasters-speak-on-air-using-queens-english/#:~:text=NEWS%20is%20pronounced%20nyews%20%E2%80%94%20and%20definitely%20not%20NOOZE.

Prof Hickey said: “Birthday, with staff urged to pronounce TH fully — this is an English pronunciation.

“The Irish don’t pronounce the TH as a fricative but a stop with no breath, so to speak. The same is true of news, the Irish pronunciation is and always has been nooze.”

He is talking through his arse, if you pardon the expression

Gavin Jenning's mic sound quality sounds somewhat 'unnatural' (as with lossy digital compression in the chain?) - what do others think ??

Antenna wrote: »

Gavin Jenning's mic sound quality sounds somewhat 'unnatural' (as with lossy digital compression in the chain?) - what do others think ??

broadcasting from home might explain this

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Both are right, neither are wrong. I invite you to listen to Kevin Crawford on this video, just after 1 min 20, where he says "It's all Noo, like". That is a perfectly good way to speak.

Done and Seen have nothing to do with pronunciation. Although I have often thought that the pronunciation zealots might launch a campaign to make us rhyme Done with Bone or Gone.

Sorry my friend, doesn’t stack up.

Just because someone dragged from a vid you dug up says ‘nooo’ doesn’t make it good.

There’s a correct pronunciation and an incorrect pronunciation, you can take your pick, but there’s only one correct one.

Beat yourself all around the gaff all you like but it all comes to the same conclusion...... it’s ‘news’ not ‘Nooze’

Pronounce it any way you want but ‘nooze’ sorry my friend...

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I'm happy to recognise what every English dictionary recognises, that it has two standard (correct) pronunciations. I have heard radio people using both versions in the same sentence.

https://www.onelook.com/?w=news&ls=a

American pronunciation is different to ours.

We are not based in America therefore in our realm it’s ‘news’.

If you want to hear ‘Nooze’ there’s always WTMJ Millwaukee for you.

Let’s cut this ‘Nooze’ crap out please.

Attention NT 106.... AA Roadwatch, RTE Samantha Libreri.

Please..... pretty please.....with sugar on top.

Just wondering what is the eationale for having 5 presumably high paid presenters for a 5 day a week 2 person show. Surely no more than 3 are needed even to alliw for sufficient "resting" of presenters or does RTE just have nowhere else to put the talent?

Newstalk has 2 regular presenters on Breakfast. The newsreader Brian Jennings does 4 days a week from 6am to lunchtime so it seems ectravagant.

In interviews before I think I heard the first meeting of presenters is at 5.15am and even allowing for maybe a weekly meeting after the orogramme the hours seem handy. I dont think any of the presenters have any other regular shows on RTE.

Would be interesting to see the salaries of the 5 presenters for their average 2 day week

Deleted User wrote: »

Listening now about the two girls who spent an overnight before being rescued by a fisherman, I am thinking they were not particularly well served by the official rescue services. They could see the official rescue parties and must have been devastated when those failed to see them. Apparently conditions were relatively good, so visibility wasn't hampered. Very easy to be critical from an armchair, but I'd say they will be reassessing the way they went about the operation. Not being critical of the great volunteers here, but of the oversight of the rescue. There were two people who could do very easily have lost their lives without timely intervention.

Going out on paddle boards at nearly dark wasn’t a good move either.

They seem to disappear for weeks at a time in that place. Des Cahill absent for ages since finishing the Desert Island Discs show, Sarah gone for weeks since finishing the morning program. Mary Wilson missing for a while also. Morning Ireland, 2 presenters out of 5 at a time by the sounds of it as you say, and a non-regular Carole Coleman filling in with Audrey today.

Clon63 wrote: »

Just wondering what is the eationale for having 5 presumably high paid presenters for a 5 day a week 2 person show. Surely no more than 3 are needed even to alliw for sufficient "resting" of presenters or does RTE just have nowhere else to put the talent?

Newstalk has 2 regular presenters on Breakfast. The newsreader Brian Jennings does 4 days a week from 6am to lunchtime so it seems ectravagant.

In interviews before I think I heard the first meeting of presenters is at 5.15am and even allowing for maybe a weekly meeting after the orogramme the hours seem handy. I dont think any of the presenters have any other regular shows on RTE.

Would be interesting to see the salaries of the 5 presenters for their average 2 day week

Delighted to hear Aine Lawlor back on Morning Ireland earlier today.

Superb interviewer, she is superior to many of her colleagues in RTE. She sounds authoritative, knowledgeable, intelligent and in-charge of an interview. She sounds concerned and involved about the issue being discussed (eg Leaving Cert results debacle.) She knows how to pursue an evasive interviewee.

Imagine what a dynamic radio programme RTE would have had if they had given her the Today programme instead of Claire Byrne?

I firmly maintain that Claire Byrne will NOT work out in the Today slot.