Yesterday, after Jon Snow managed to invent a new and fucked-up way of speaking, it tipped the balanced and forced me to collate a few recent examples of how words are not pronounced properly, most commonly by people in broadcasting whose terms of employment ought to include some sort of requirement to speak the language. I suggest that anyone who claims to be a newscaster or presenter should be able to talk properly or be sacked.
1 - Jon Snow on Channel 4 News managed to utter "Pro-veeez-o" for "Proviso"
2 - Alistair Stewart on Countdown managed "Alma Martyr" for "Alma Mater"
3 - John Irvine on ITV News offered "Bar-raaaaaaaje" (like a drawn out 'glad' sound) for "Barrage"
4 - BBC Radio Newsreader called the Chelsea owner "Ab-ra-mow-vich" in stead of "Abramovich"
5 - Huw Edwards referred to "Eye-zambard Kindom Brunel" rather than "Isambard"
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