Gladys Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 minute ago, offshoremanxman said: A guy rang in on the Mannin Line the other day and it was hilarious to listen to. Andy Wint didn’t know what to say. It was borderline casually racist. But the caller was right in that what’s the point of having a newsreader on a local radio station who locals can bloody well understand. Much as I dislike lazy speech, there is also lazy hearing. She isn’t hard to understand, and certainly not as hard as the Scottish guy when he first started. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asthehills Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Gladys said: Much as I dislike lazy speech, there is also lazy hearing. She isn’t hard to understand, and certainly not as hard as the Scottish guy when he first started. Really? The lady in question is barely intelligible to my mum. She now listens to 3fm instead. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoremanxman Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Gladys said: Much as I dislike lazy speech, there is also lazy hearing. Sorry she’s audibly terrible. Andy Wint even knew it as he clearly couldn’t even try to defend when the caller pushed. She even admitted on some talk show section with Brindley that she picked up the news reading job with MR within a few weeks of relocating from SA. Why and how? Are we that short of people who speak English as a first language in the IOM that they employed her to read local news over anyone else? The caller pushed it a bit too far. But essentially he was right. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 I want to hear this woman many complain about! When is she on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asthehills Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Kopek said: I want to hear this woman many complain about! When is she on? She is on listen again. It’s not that hard if you have access to the internet. The news tends to be pretty regular Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 She sounds ok to me, plenty clear enough. If that is the most that someone rings up Mannin Line to moan about then they must have an easy life. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asthehills Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, AOR said: She sounds ok to me, plenty clear enough. If that is the most that someone rings up Mannin Line to moan about then they must have an easy life. Pardon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Eh! Can't be worse that a Glasgow or Ulster accent, can it? Makes you understand the BBC 'pronounced' preference for their voice, we wouldn't approve of that attitude today, would we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Oh look. let’s start another thread about Manx Radio when 716 pages of shite is already available. bell end. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Has he started a New Thread ? Or did you pretend it is a new thread??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, Kopek said: Has he started a New Thread ? Or did you pretend it is a new thread??? Err no. Don’t you understand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 3 hours ago, offshoremanxman said: A guy rang in on the Mannin Line the other day and it was hilarious to listen to. Andy Wint didn’t know what to say. It was borderline casually racist. But the caller was right in that what’s the point of having a newsreader on a local radio station who locals can bloody well understand. You? Who actually listens to that shite other than Manx forums shit dribblers? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KERED Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 20 hours ago, Gladys said: Much as I dislike lazy speech, there is also lazy hearing. She isn’t hard to understand, and certainly not as hard as the Scottish guy when he first started. Genuine question, Glad, but who was the Scottish Newsreader on MR? I don't remember him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 38 minutes ago, KERED said: Genuine question, Glad, but who was the Scottish Newsreader on MR? I don't remember him. He was at the Met office not MR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 38 minutes ago, KERED said: Genuine question, Glad, but who was the Scottish Newsreader on MR? I don't remember him. No, it's the Met Office chap. Lots of complaints at first, but he still gives the forecast and he is understandable, but has an accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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