Why do BBC Newscasters (that is the two presenters in the studio) say "wicca-pedia" rather that "wiki-pedia"?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news/video/88000/bb/88238_16x9_bb.ram
David Gerard has perfect pronunciation, of course.
Gordo
On 12 Apr 2007, at 11:52, Gordon Joly wrote:
Why do BBC Newscasters (that is the two presenters in the studio) say "wicca-pedia" rather that "wiki-pedia"?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news/video/88000/bb/88238_16x9_bb.ram
Yeah, that irked me when I saw it too. At least he has a Mac.
One thing is that he corrected a few points in the article (such as his date of birth), which some clever-dick then reverted along with the falsehoods. The last sentence he entered seems reasonable to keep, does it not?
David Gerard has perfect pronunciation, of course.
Perfect for National Nine News maybe ;-)
- Nicholas.
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