Jinx,

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:07:14 +1200, Jinx wrote:

> > Now, if only I could get news reporters/readers saying "ashfelt" for "asphalt"
> 
> er, um
> 
> STOP news reporters/readers saying "ashfelt"

ROFL!  I did wonder...  but you're right, reporters and even newsreaders are getting really 
bad these days.

Tautology is the thing that really gets up my goat (!) - especially on television and 
radio.  

A classic case is heard on traffic reports: "...going northbound"

And that old favourite, taking an acronym and adding redundant words to it - the most 
outrageous one I heard was "...personal PIN number" !!!  As if "PIN number" wasn't bad 
enough!

Then there's the awful American habit of extending words that don't need it - "Transport" 
is a perfectly good noun on its own, and we should not give the addition of two extra 
syllables any supportation!  :-)

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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