Blah blah blah!

It's getting to where these little regulatory meetings are beginning to sound like a meeting of all of the muted-trumpet adults in Charlie Brown's world--"Whuh whah wuh whah whah whah." Try transcribing the minutes of that!

And speaking of having to listen to what other people say...you know, you figure someone who is in the television news business would maybe listen to enough other television news people say things and get some sense of how a word should be pronounced. You know, too, television news anchors even consider themselves journalists of a sort, so what I heard this morning it makes it even more pitiful.

Getting dressed and watching the early news on our local NBC affiliate this morning--they were finally getting around to reporting the story about the Pulitzer Prizes organization reexamining the 1932 award for Correspondence granted to NYTimes Walter Duranty for his reporting of the Ukraine famine.

Think about the word Pulitzer. You've heard the name all your life. Big award deal they give to newsfolk, playwrights, composers. Sounds like poo'litsur. Maybe even pyOO'litsur.

Anchorchick: [paraphrasing] 'The pyoo-LITZ'-zer Prize committee is reviewing...'

'...in 1932 a New York Times reporter was awarded the pyoo-LITZ'-zer Prize...'

'...no pyoo-LITZ'-zer Prize has ever been revoked...'

Or as Les Nessman might say, "Chy Chy Rod-rig-weeze".

Maybe I'm wrong, but I believe a certain someone will never have to worry about getting one revoked.

(Hey, I'll certainly never have to return a Pritzker, either, but at least I can pronounce it.)

Anyway, enough mockery of local broadcasters--I have mwah-wah sounds to transcribe and my Silver Sow award to polish--I'll be back later.
posted by Terry at 10:06:00 AM