I'm watching the various network election coverage and I have a few questions.
- Why does CBS use the symbol for Robin (of Batman fame) for the Republicans?
- When did Alaska get velcroed to Arizona?
- When did Hawaii get attached to Texas?
- Who decided Dems are blue and Repubs are red?
- When did Tavis Smiley become a serious person to interview on politics?
- Why do all snacks with any soy in them taste them same?
- What's the age cutoff to be a young voter?
- How much does it cost to have a commercial run tonight?
- Why does only one anchor-person (NPR) pronounce Missouri as Missoura?
- Why does George Bush have a yellow couch?
- Why didn't I realize Ohio had a border with Canada?
- How did John McCain get a gig on all three major networks?
- Just how do you pronounce Barak Obama?
- Why are these telejournalists using laptops to prop up their paper scripts?
- Why is Tom Brokaw reading email while he's on the air?
- Why does "Democracy Plaza" sound like a reality show?
- What's with all the football analogies?
- How did they call Utah for Bush with 0% of precincts reporting?
- Why does Tom Brokaw have to run his own graphics?
2 Comments:
I can answer the Missouri/Missoura thing -- folks in Missouri actually pronouce it Missoura. So the person on NPR is actually from missouri/a.
As for why Missourans actually pronounce it a instead of i -- well, I contend it just shows that Missouri/a is much more southern than we actually think.
By SAJ, at 8:36 AM
I think you are correct. As Southerners tend to pronouce the letter "I" the way most people pronounce the letter "A". Instead of "right now" it's "raght now". (Rat now) It gets dark at "Naght" not at "Night" It's not "Springfield" it's "Sprangfield". So naturally it's Missour a instead of Missour i >
By Boll Weevill, at 6:42 PM
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