Augustus Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 (edited) More pidgin English from our worldbeating newsroom team at Manx Radio: Incidents of people in crisis is traditionally associated with the festive period, which can required a multi-agency response from the third sector as well as the police. Following the introduction of a pilot project in October, the constabulary have for first time two mental health nurses to deal more effectively with the matter. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/mental-health-services-anticipate-more-demand-over-christmas/ Edited December 22, 2018 by Augustus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overCome Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Looks like civil service speak to me, rather than journalese. My money would be on a copy/paste job from a press release. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 7 hours ago, Augustus said: More pidgin English from our worldbeating newsroom team at Manx Radio: Incidents of people in crisis is traditionally associated with the festive period, which can required a multi-agency response from the third sector as well as the police. Following the introduction of a pilot project in October, the constabulary have for first time two mental health nurses to deal more effectively with the matter. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/mental-health-services-anticipate-more-demand-over-christmas/ Is that a report from their Asian correspondent Tricia Takanawa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Does it matter ? The service is in place and if they only help one person, it will be well worth it. Happy xmas misery guts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Reads like a speech to text attempt gone awry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieBrown Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 2 hours ago, overCome said: Looks like civil service speak to me, rather than journalese. Just as well, no one up manx radio can speak journalese. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Phil Gawne and Andy Wint on together this morning. The Archers here I come. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Phil Gawne told the old joke about the Tynwald pantomime being cancelled because they had plenty of donkeys but had trouble finding wisemen or angels. And related without a hint of irony. Disturbing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 21 hours ago, overCome said: Looks like civil service speak to me, rather than journalese. My money would be on a copy/paste job from a press release. And of course both the civil service and the cut and paster at MR would be run off their feet to the extent that neither had time to realise that what they were putting out was gibberish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 The worrying thing is, it’s not even grammatically correct gibberish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 On 12/8/2018 at 8:37 AM, Derek Flint said: My only issue with this whole thing is that the BBC should be paying for, if not providing the service, like they do in the CI. why should they? the bbc already payout more than they receive...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 On 12/23/2018 at 11:23 AM, gettafa said: Phil Gawne told the old joke about the Tynwald pantomime being cancelled because they had plenty of donkeys but had trouble finding wisemen or angels. And related without a hint of irony. Disturbing. mp3 here: Tynwald Nativity Play: 20181223 Tynwald Nativity Play 01.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) I enjoyed - at least in parts - the IM1 this year. Nicely self-deprecating where necessary. The 'wan turnage' impersonation was rather well delivered. It's near the start. https://www.manxradio.com/radioplayer/od/items/2439/ The Quayle take-off, sort of à la Young Farmers, is ok and nicely observed but to be fair Howard is a pure gift. What does @Stu Peters think of his spot? Heh heh, good 'un. Edited December 26, 2018 by gettafa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Let's face it, grammar and spelling are not widely regarded as important in todays' reporting or Forum posts! Could it just be that a new typist has been employed? Or the journo typing these reports is not familiar with the propensity of us, discerning readers, to pick up on these 'Faux Pas'? It is distracting, which takes away from the absorption of the enclosed message. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) ..oh, and when I first heard this, I had just turned the radio on and it was near the end, and I thought Beth Espey really had brought her offspring into the station. Edited December 29, 2018 by gettafa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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