[BC] Love Is Blue (La Amour 'Est Bleu)

[Kevin Tekel]

Steve White wrote:
> I nearly gagged and ran off the road one day when I heard a satellite
> jock call him "Paul Maw-ree-ay, or however you pronounce his name."
> He likely wasn't even born until after the record went off the charts.

When WW1's Adult Standards format (formerly called "AM Only") first
started including newer pop music in its playlist a few years ago, it was
amusing to hear their veteran oldtimer DJs mispronounce the name of the
more contemporary artists and groups which they had never heard of before,
but were now playing.  For example, the '80s group "Double" is pronounced
"doo-blay", but the WW1 geezers simply said it as "dubble" on the air.

Of course place names can be tricky as well.  Does a satellite jock know
that Newark, N.J. is pronounced "nu-urk", while Newark, Delaware is
pronounced "new-ark"?  Or that Pierre, S.D. is really pronounced "pier"
by locals, regardless of all the schoolchildren elsewhere who learn to
pronounce it like the French name?  And I still don't know if the "s" in
Illinois is supposed to be silent or not!

At least automobile manufacturers seem to be careful to have radio
announcers pronounce their name correctly in their advertising.  Jaguar
is always "jag-you-ar", Nissan is always "nee-sahn", Hyundai is always
"hun-day", Porsche is always "por-shuh", etc.  (However, Volkswagen
doesn't even try to get people to follow the correct German pronunciation,
"folksvahgen".)

> I do classical music announcing for a satellite service that serves
> europe, asia, africa and the middle east. It's funny how many British
> "presenters" French Fry" names.

Why can't the English teach their children how to speak? 
This verbal class distinction by now should be antique.



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