Annoying R3 Trailers

[Nick Armstrong]

Can a moderator change the title of this thread? I thought that it was about hiking.

Found out how (thanks, FF) - done

[JasonPalmer]

Trail for african classical music again, just now

[Ein Heldenleben]

Found out how (thanks, FF) - done

All very well but if you read my post a few up thread you will see that Radio Three trails are precisely that and not trailers. That word is an American term for film adverts. No one in UK broadcasting , AFAIK , refers to trailers.

[french frank]

All very well but if you read my post a few up thread you will see that Radio Three trails are precisely that and not trailers. That word is an American term for film adverts. No one in UK broadcasting , AFAIK , refers to trailers.

" TV Licensing launch radio trails aimed at students." Be afraid. Be very afraid:

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/cs/media-centre/news/view.app?id=1369783736506

I don't know how Nick did it. I got a message saying I wasn't 'authorized' .

[Nick Armstrong]

No one in UK broadcasting , AFAIK , refers to trailers.

Perhaps a little leeway from technical exactitude may be tolerated so all - near and far - know what the thread is about?

However if there is a majority view in favour of changing it back, happy to do that too, using my newly regathered powers

[Old Grumpy]

Perhaps a little leeway from technical exactitude may be tolerated so all - near and far - know what the thread is about?

However if there is a majority view in favour of changing it back, happy to do that too, using my newly regathered powers

It appears we have all lost the trail...


...perhaps richardfinegold can guide us out

[Ein Heldenleben]

Perhaps a little leeway from technical exactitude may be tolerated so all - near and far - know what the thread is about?

However if there is a majority view in favour of changing it back, happy to do that too, using my newly regathered powers

”You say trails , I say trailers ..let’s call the whole thing off “ as Ira Gershwin didn’t quite put it….

[eighthobstruction]

Perhaps a little leeway from technical exactitude may be tolerated so all - near and far - know what the thread is about?

However if there is a majority view in favour of changing it back, happy to do that too, using my newly regathered powers

Don't get all Evangelical mate....yeah, yeah, we'll all start believing in God, and carving aphorism on the door of R£3 kunst....

....our guru, our guru we bow down to your regathered powers....

[oddoneout]

”You say trails , I say trailers ..let’s call the whole thing off “ as Ira Gershwin didn’t quite put it….

To me "trailers" are things towed behind vehicles, and sometimes conjures up the rather unpleasant term "trailer trash". If we are going to be inaccurate, then why not "adverts", which at least has the merit of being less likely to cause confusion with traffic or healthy outdoor pursuits. It's also what they are as far as I'm concerned.

[Serial_Apologist]

To me "trailers" are things towed behind vehicles, and sometimes conjures up the rather unpleasant term "trailer trash". If we are going to be inaccurate, then why not "adverts", which at least has the merit of being less likely to cause confusion with traffic or healthy outdoor pursuits. It's also what they are as far as I'm concerned.

As long as not adverTISEments!

[Old Grumpy]

Many years ago I was corrected by a horsy woman when I referred to the equine conveyance towed behind a vehicle as a horse box. "You mean a trailer" she said - a horse box is apparently one of those clapped out lorries one sees being driven at a top speed of 20mph in county counties.

[gurnemanz]

In my ignorance (or indifference to precision on the matter) I'm pretty sure I use "trailer" in respect of both cinema films and radio programmes. It is not an appealing word - conjuring up an image of an entirely functional wheeled receptacle towed along by a tractor. Neither does its use to refer to a preview seem appropriate, since a trail is essentially something which comes after something else .

[oddoneout]

In my ignorance (or indifference to precision on the matter) I'm pretty sure I use "trailer" in respect of both cinema films and radio programmes. It is not an appealing word - conjuring up an image of an entirely functional wheeled receptacle towed along by a tractor. Neither does its use to refer to a preview seem appropriate, since a trail is essentially something which comes after something else .

Or something laid out beforehand to lead you on - in whatever way you choose to interpret that...

[Ein Heldenleben]

In my ignorance (or indifference to precision on the matter) I'm pretty sure I use "trailer" in respect of both cinema films and radio programmes. It is not an appealing word - conjuring up an image of an entirely functional wheeled receptacle towed along by a tractor. Neither does its use to refer to a preview seem appropriate, since a trail is essentially something which comes after something else .

As we are getting into linguistics - the verbal construct used in broadcasting is to “trail ahead” there is no “trailer ahead” equivalent. Trail as in a short clip for promotion purposes is in all the modern dictionaries. But then what do broadcasters know ? In Radio 1 they used to spell segue - “Segway”

[oddoneout]

As we are getting into linguistics - the verbal construct used in broadcasting is to “trail ahead” there is no “trailer ahead” equivalent. Trail as in a short clip for promotion purposes is in all the modern dictionaries. But then what do broadcasters know ? In Radio 1 they used to spell segue - “Segway”

The power of advertising... Mind you it does mean that the pronunciation is consistent!