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Default Broadcasting Q: Announcing The Time on The Radio

On 25/02/2021 10:08 pm, Don Pearce wrote:
On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:18:28 +1300, geoff
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On 25/02/2021 12:17 am, Chris K-Man wrote:
I've noticed it for about ten years, maybe mo


The announcer/other on-air personality more often than not tells the wrong time! Typically the wrong hour. Happpens when either Standard or Daylight Saving is in effect.

"Mostly clear skies, twenty five degrees at 12 minutes past 5"(it's 6:12 as I'm typing this).

What KIND OF CLOCK do most AM/FM radio stations have on their wall, if any nowadays?



What really ****s me off is when posters more often than not put an
extra letter in a word. Typically an extra p in 'happens'. Occurs either
in English (USA), English (UK/AUS/NZ/etc).

What kind of spell-checker do they have on their computer, if any nowadays ?

geoff


Or the increasing American habit of putting extra words where they
don't belong. Like adding the word "at" to "where are you". Or
inserting the word "of" into a phrase like "inside the house". It is
caused by ignorance of grammar and word usage. In this case, "inside"
is a preposition. Of course you can say "the inside of the house"
where "inside" is a noun.

I know. Blank looks.

d



"Please do this already" is one that I have trouble with. In this
time-space-contiuum at least ...

geoff