The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[antongould]

Trelawney just told us that all the R3 presenters had lunch together yesterday to say goodbye to ....... at which point his voice became subito pianissimo ........ so I have no idea who is leaving

Scary mercs the one morning I am late and miss the first half hour - I am sure Rumpole will have heard ....
Did catch the suggestions for a collective noun for a bunch of R3 presenters that I presume flowed from this - a harmony indeed .....

[mercia]

????? <worried face>

don't worry it won't be Clems

[Radio64]

Phew!

[Old Grumpy]

don't worry it won't be Clems

It isn't - I think it was some backroom guy, whose name I didn't recognise - been there nigh on 35 years though.

I think it was mentioned at around 0740 - I was driving at the time. Had I not been I would have been tempted to suggest a "twitter" as a collective noun for R3 presenters...

OG

[Radio64]

It isn't - I think it was some backroom guy, whose name I didn't recognise - been there nigh on 35 years though.

I think it was mentioned at around 0740 - I was driving at the time. Had I not been I would have been tempted to suggest a "twitter" as a collective noun for R3 presenters...

OG

But would such noun be appropriate to Breakfast presenters only?

[ahinton]

Did catch the suggestions for a collective noun for a bunch of R3 presenters that I presume flowed from this - a harmony indeed .....

A harmony of presenters? A counterpoint, surely?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A harmony of presenters? A counterpoint, surely?

A "polyphone-in"?

[underthecountertenor]

Trelawney just told us that all the R3 presenters had lunch together yesterday to say goodbye to ....... at which point his voice became subito pianissimo ........ so I have no idea who is leaving

Barry Madge, recently retired Presentation Organiser.

[Zucchini]

Terry Wogan?

[french frank]

[oddoneout]

It would seem that advertising savoury snacks is now considered appropriate on Breakfast.In the course of doing the temperature 'check' at 8-30 we were told, courtesy of a 'listener', that some place in Northern Ireland is the home of Tayto crisps.
Well, not far from me there is a well-known manufacturer of crisps; I happen to think that has nothing to do with Radio3 but perhaps I'm missing something - try to get a witter announced on the programme and ask for a consideration from the company in question for the plug....

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I was very worried about Petroc Trelawney this morning. He sounded seriously out of breath for most of the time, breathing several times in every sentence, in places where even the most fastidious wouldn't dream of inserting punctuation marks. Clearly Petroc, Rob and others don't speak like this when off-air, so someone is pressurising the presenters to speak in this barmy and incomprehensible way.

I suggest it's a health and safety risk for presenters AND listeners.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

. . . and then we had all that nonsense about the percentage of people claiming to have read War and Peace who were lying. It's the kind if drivel we expect from the tabloids.

[Black Swan]

. . . and then we had all that nonsense about the percentage of people claiming to have read War and Peace who were lying. It's the kind if drivel we expect from the tabloids.

Spot on. I couldn't agree with your more...

[antongould]

I was very worried about Petroc Trelawney this morning. He sounded seriously out of breath for most of the time, breathing several times in every sentence, in places where even the most fastidious wouldn't dream of inserting punctuation marks. Clearly Petroc, Rob and others don't speak like this when off-air, so someone is pressurising the presenters to speak in this barmy and incomprehensible way.

I suggest it's a health and safety risk for presenters AND listeners.

I honestly didn't notice - will listen intently tomorrow ....