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Friday Funnies: It’s Called a Podcas Silly

Posted on the 07 June, 2008 at 8:55 am Written by in Uncategorized

Here’s one that came through about the way I say podcast which made me smile. It’s a guy, but he’ll remain nameless for now.

I heard you on Blogger and Podcaster Magazine‘s podcast and really struggled through it. You rarely use “T”s. You often say “podcas”, not “podcast”. Additionally, a pop filter may serve you well. I’m by FAR not perfect either, but I noticed these things and wanted to pass along my thoughts. As far as the content, it was great. I appreciate the info!

Can you spot the irony in this person’s comment? First, he said he struggled through the audio. Then, he ended off by saying that the content was great. Odd. How can you struggle with it and say it’s great all in the same breath?

So, I listened to a few of my recordings and it’s true, I constantly leave off the “t” when I say podcast. What’s even more tragic is that I always will say “podcas.” The only time I pronounce the T is when I say podcasting.

Blame my culture, my nationality, my level of education or where I live geographically. All these things influence how one enunciates certain words and it’s certainly influenced me.

Goodness, there must be bigger things in this world to be concerned about, like, people dying in Burma, or, people losing family members due to an earthquake in China. I guess when an author enunciates a word that’s not to someone’s liking, it’s right up there with rising oil costs and global warming.

  • http://www.natashavincent.com Natasha Vincent

    What a contrast since I particularly remarked to myself that you enunciate when speaking when I spoke to you the other day. Furthermore, you slow down your rhythm of speech for clarity, something that I’ll have to learn.

    True though, it may be a Canadian thing (wink)

  • http://leesabarnes.com Leesa Barnes

    Very interesting what people pick up. I remember doing that recording. The magazine gave me a deadline and I waited until the 11th hour to record it before heading off to bed. My tongue must’ve been tired.

    But still, as I listen to recordings that I’ve done after getting that email in my post above, it’s still quite difficult for me to enunciate that last “T” in podcast.

  • http://www.AppliedProsperity.com Dave Charbonneau of Applied Prosperity

    Seems to me that Oprah, Rush, Beck and just about every other super success has particular or peculiar ways of pronouncing certain words. It becomes a bit of an endearing trademark, really. In fact, the orators we value highest, even on stage and screen, seem to have their own specialness about them (Sean Connery comes to mind). Wow, what a boring world if we were to limit ourselves to being “normal” – and by someone else’s standards.

    (For goodness sake, it seems a third of those who live where I do say Warshington! They LIVE here, and somehow found an extra ‘R’ in the name of the state. Perhaps it’s to make up for the lack of ‘Rs’ in Maine?)

    Thanks, Leesa, for this edition of “Languange Can Be Fun.” ;-)

    –Dave