Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Turning Into A NM TV Crank

I'm perturbed by the bad TV Weather forecasts available here in ABQ. They are always talking about fronts coming through that I know don't exist from directions that aren't right, and their forecasts generally ignore the possibility of thunderstorms popping up on their own, like the unforecast one just outside the window right now.

Bad weatherman service means bad weatherman reputation. It should not be allowed.

And the TV anchors are generally Hispanicized Anglos trying desperately to correctly pronounce Spanish words. The result is that every anchor has their own idiosyncratic pronunciation of Spanish words. Marla Tellez, for example has her own unique pronunciation of 'Santa Fe', with the first 'a' sounding stunted, so it almost sounds like 'Sinta Fe'.

Lack of uniformity confuses the young. It should not be allowed.

And why is 'South Park' on so late? Is there no justice?

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