Why do pillocks on ITV and the BBC

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  1. Xer

    Xerxes Well-Known Member

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    Pronounce Qatar as catarrh? It is nowhere close to the pronunciation. Also, why do these same reporters call engines, trains; talk with people rather that to theme can. Etc.
     
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    Did you mean locomotive when you said engine?
     
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    Is that not just the English pronunciation of Qatar in the way that l'angleterre is nowhere near the correct pronunciation of England. If the entire nation pronounces a country as catarr then surely that is the correct pronunciation in that language?
     
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    I thought it was just that annoying Kay Burley who pronounced it like that, "Cat Arrrr" for me.
     
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    She says lorries instead of trucks as well, weird, and says hi-ya instead of hello, that one really does my head in.
     
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    You should try some of the US news stations - tend to pronounce it as cutter or even gutter!

    I was over there when the World Cup hosts were announced and I didn't even know what they were talking about until I saw it written on screen!

    It's polite to say that you "spoke with" rather than "spoke to", "with" implies a conversation rather than one person just talking.
     
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