I don't know if it's considered wrong to launch personal attacks on presenters, Sarah Walker in particular (though as far as I'm concerned any attack on that horrible simpering twit is justified) but this isn't a general personal attack, just a great groan of despair at the woman's inability to pronounce "Haydn". Can't someone get it into her head that his name wasn't "Haydun"? Grrrrr!
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Years back, I remember Kay Burley on the ITV Breakfast Show, making the same error.Originally posted by Rcartes View Post
When her co-presenter corrected her, she replied "Well that's how we pronounce it where I come from."
Why do I enjoy classical music on SkyArts2?
Because there are no presenters!
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Agreed - except that the adverts are pretty intrusive: recently I was enjoying a Mahler symphony on Arts 2 and there was a damned advert after the first movement!Originally posted by Hornspieler View PostComment
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Criticisms are preferable to 'attacks'. We have an unofficial rule that presenters' names don't appear in thread titles so I've amendedOriginally posted by Rcartes View Post
I understood my thinking about it at one time ...
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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May I recommend the author of the OP visit his GP surgery to get his hears washed out? I have listened to both the ante- and post- transmission announcement for the dreaded 'Gypsy Rondo' trio, and in neither case is the pronunciation "Haydun", but "Haydn".Comment
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I have never found anything objectionable in Sarah's presentation. I wish she would undertake more BaL's.Comment
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Very offensive post, in my opinion, and I think the poster should apologiseOriginally posted by Rcartes View Post
It is not good enough to blot out the presenter's name in the title; the body of the post contains the name and the objectionable language.Comment
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I didn't hear the offending announcement, but I don't see that it's possible to pronounce dn without some intervening vowel, probably best represented as a schwa.Comment
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When Sarah first joined the presenters team a few years back, I joined in the general chorus of disapproval. But these days, with all that has happened in Radio 3, I tend to regard her as a muse holding aloft a beacon of enlightenment.
Music played is main thing.Comment
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Having a bit ofage related deafness I prefer Petroc to present Breakfast IF I listen to a few moments in the morning.
Both Sara[h]'s seem to run words into each other and are difficult to follow.
However, the #1 was completely OTT and I think an apology is called for.Comment
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I'm sure it's very much 'water off a duck's back' for Sarah. It did prompt me to check out her website though, where I discovered that the link to her doctoral thesis was defunct. Have dropped her a line to let her know.Comment
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As someone who listens to a wide variety of musical genres, there seems to be an even wider variety of presenters, ranging from Petroc at one extreme to the presenters on R6M on Sunday afternoons at the other extreme.
However if stuck in one type of music, then I am likely to find the presenter of another type of music irritating, for the slightest vocal peculiarity.
But my conclusion is that an adverse reaction to a presenter is largely in the mind of the listener, and that if the listener is comfortable ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkM12arO-_4 ) and really wants to hear the music, then listener will brush aside any reaction against the presenter.Last edited by Quarky; 16-10-13, 09:50.Comment
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YES it's wrong (unless you are in the pub with them !)Originally posted by Rcartes View Post
so don't be a dick and apologise
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