BBC Breakfast

Ah, more IBC attendees? I was doing Steadicam demos at IBC...

Am I the only one who can't stand Aaron Heslehurst who seems to be the main stand-in for Declan on the business news now?

First time I saw him, I thought they'd drafted in Dale Winton to cover. Except of course Dale's a bit more butch, subdued and not quite as orange.

And I guess Dale Winton probably knows how to pronounce the word 'nuclear' properly.

I think Aaron's great! He's been doing the business news on BBC World since c.2002 and has great onscreen chemistry with his co-presenters.

i like aaron

To be fair, I presumed he was probably the kind of presenter who would have the Marmite effect on people.

However, as far as I'm concerned, talking about 'nuke-you-ler' power (as he did this morning) places him firmly alongside those who talk about 'joo-le-ree' and the letter 'haitch'.

There can be no defence for this kind of behaviour.

Oh don't be such a pronunciation snob, Spence.

He's a sweetheart.

And, more importantly, he was the 'England Correspondent' (or similar) for an episode of Dr Phil once, which is enough to save any flagging CV.

Declan is dull for Breakfast time viewing, Aaron isn't.

As for Aaron's pronunciation of nuclear, its an Australian thing. They can't pronounce anything properly that ends in ear, air etc. Such has Here, they would say He-ah. Aussies have a silly accent anyway. (I live in NZ so its ok!)

Is it just me or is the background for breakfast this morning, slightly more blue, than usual.....

Hypocrite..yes, Australians have a somewhat different way of pronouncing diphthongs (combinations of vowel sounds - air, ear, etc.). Broader accents tend to blend them together (so 'air' becomes 'eeaaaarrrr') whereas the more standard (and far more common) accent tends to pronounce each sound.

I agree!

The "nuke-you-ler" one really annoys me, as it demonstrates an inability to actually bloody well notice which way round the letters are!

You would have to at least swap the L and the E around (and then probably change that very E to a U) for it to look like it says "nuke-you-ler". Why can't people read properly?

When I try to correct people that H should be "Aitch" not "Haitch", they often say that it's daft for me to suggest a letter's name would not begin with itself (because B = " B ee" etc).

When I point out to them that a lot more letters than just H don't begin with themself (e.g. F = " E ff", C = " S ee") they realise that they're the one being illogical. People just don't fully think about things, and it takes people like you or me (or should that be "you or I"? <Look East grammar debate in-joke>) to point it out.

I'm sure that every HTV continuity announcer ever, always pronounced "Aitch" correctly, thus setting a good example to viewers.

Its his accent once again! I cringe when I hear many words pronounced differently in a British accent, hence you guys cringing at an Aussie! Do none of you guys watch H&A!?