Once upon a time, long long ago, it was the case that a certain level of competence and professionalism was expected from and provided by Radio 4. There was some inherent assurance that the content would meet certain standards, and that the spoken word would generally conform to the English language. Sadly, this has for a long time NOT been so.
Listening to Start The Week, I was less than impressed with the host's pathetic knowledge level that led to her referring to "emphysemia" - rather than "emphysema". One of the guests, a chap from Nottingham University, did no favours either for himself or his institution, when he mentioned "curriculums" rather than "curricula" and annoyed the fuck out of me with "differentiate" pronounced "differen-see-ate"; stupid cunt. He was slightly less of a twat than one of the other guests who displayed an horrendous inability to speak without every sentence including a superfluous "kind of", "sort of" or "like", as well as a penchant for starting utterances with "so".
The spoken word is now so universally abused that it seems almost futile to try and block out the complete shit that swamps us. Even this morning, scanning the Mail Online site, I saw reported the tweet from Rita Ora [as if this fucking needed reporting] that she tweeted:
My bodies too boobilicious for ya babe [sic]
What a poor standard is being set by those who sadly seem to have so much influence, and attention paid to them. In such a climate, it would be nice to think that at Radio 4, someone somewhere was still in possession of a standard or two . . . but it seems not.
I believe the next reality show on TV should feature a whole swarm of "celebrities" under all classes from A-Z, and each one offending the English language should be ejected, viaa torture chamber. Now THAT would be entertainment!
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