Match of the Day - New Presenter?

[MadAmster]

Laura Woods perhaps, MA. Although she’s said to be on huge money at TNT.

Alex Scott?

[ramAnag]

Alex Scott?

Wouldn?t be my choice but she must be in with a shout.

Interesting that of Lineker?s four main predecessors (Wolstenholme, Coleman, Hill and Lynam) only Jimmy Hill had actually played the game at the top level.

Bet Dan Walker is regretting leaving the BBC right now.

P.S. Andy?any chance of getting rid of this ‘/? gremlin?

[Andy_Faber]

Wouldn?t be my choice but she must be in with a shout.

Interesting that of Lineker?s four main predecessors (Wolstenholme, Coleman, Hill and Lynam) only Jimmy Hill had actually played the game at the top level.

Bet Dan Walker is regretting leaving the BBC right now.

P.S. Andy?any chance of getting rid of this ?/? gremlin?

I?ll ask

[Andy_Faber]

Alex Scott?

I?ve not watched Prem football MOTD for 20 plus years so shouldn?t have an opinion but Please no! A) not very good at all, way worse than any of the options given by me or others, not very good, C) not at all popular, but of course D) ticks boxes so yes probably

[MadAmster]

I?ve not watched Prem football MOTD for 20 plus years so shouldn?t have an opinion but Please no! A) not very good at all, way worse than any of the options given by me or others, not very good, C) not at all popular, but of course D) ticks boxes so yes probably

She triggers the English teacher in me. All the classes I ever taught got lessons in Phonetics. How to make the sounds we hear in language. Mouth shape, tongue position, use or otherwise of the throat etc. There is no Dutch child that I taught that would say "fink fings frew". I even tempered my own East Midlands accent so that they had a more neutral accent when speaking English. Not completely tempered though. They'd all say "butty" not "batty" and they would pass something rather than parse it. I also treated them, on occasions, to some of the various accents so they wouldn't get dummied completely if they were ever in Newcastle or Liverpool or the East End of London. They were also versed in East Midlands ma duck, en ya sane it, sin tin intit, nah tin tin tin.

I can only conclude that correct pronunciation is no longer taught. I don't get triggered by things that are "normal" in regional terms. Such as pass/parse etc but the TH combination being wrong really gets my goat.

There's also nationality and background based anomalies. Things like Spanish natives being unable to pronounce words that start with an S followed by another consonant. They have to put an E in front so Smith becomes Esmith, Street becomes Estreet etc. Not an issue. Another weird one is one that a lot of Afro American / Afro Caribbeans have whereby they don't ask a question, they aks a question. What makes it especially weird is that, in Covid times they wore a mask, not a maks. They can pronounce sk but a lot reverse it when it relates to a question. Irish. Most of them don't watch a film, they watch a fillum.

Language is a strange phenomenon. We have several strange quirks in Dutch as well. Over the past 40 years they appear to have lost the ability to pronounce the letter L correctly when it comes at the end of a word. It come out as more of a W. A sound switch that many Scots have, for instance, Sir Awex finding something wuvwy.

I could give more examples but you get the gist.

Basically, if Alex Scott does get the job, I sincerely hope someone teaches her the phonetics of the TH.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Simple for me - if Scott gets the gig then I will cease watching. Premiership football does little for me anyway, so I won't miss it: until the Rams get there, by which time Scott will be long retired.

[Geoff Parkstone]

So we don't have half of Amsterdam using the conversational "mijn eend' as a result of your teachings MA?

[swaledale]

Simple for me - if Scott gets the gig then I will cease watching. Premiership football does little for me anyway, so I won't miss it: until the Rams get there, by which time Scott will be long retired.

I haven't watched regularly for some years, doubt Scott would be an issue for me, I find most presenters, pundits or commentators off putting to be fair. I did like Jeff Stelling, but again haven't subscribed to Sky for a decade.

[MadAmster]

So we don't have half of Amsterdam using the conversational "mijn eend' as a result of your teachings MA?

No, just the more colloquial "m'n eendje" and the school was in Amstelveen not the 'Dam

[ramAnag]

Simple for me - if Scott gets the gig then I will cease watching. Premiership football does little for me anyway, so I won't miss it: until the Rams get there, by which time Scott will be long retired.

Very rare for me to watch the whole programme. Often record it and watch the bits I?m interested in. Can?t say I?m a fan of Alex Scott, think she?s overrated and a bit humourless, but seems a bit drastic to veto a whole programme because you don?t like the presenter. I share your opinion of her not being very good but she?s never seemed offensive.