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Now

(October 2007)

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IT
itsrobert Founding member
I think it is acceptable to use 'now' on news channels when they are going straight from one story to another. That does not mean after a VT has played - they should just start with the next item in that situation. I think it is OK to be used after an interview before moving on to an unrelated item. However, I personally would rather just have a momentary pause before the next item.
IS
Inspector Sands
StuartPlymouth posted:

"Now" is a legitimate word in the English language and has its place in everyday conversation. In news broadcasts it serves to seperate one item from another as an easy colloquial transition.


Oh yeah, I dont' mind it as a transitional word in a bulletin, what irritates me is the use of it as the first word of a headline, especially when it's the first word of the Daily Mail front page.
BR
Bresca
Nick Harvey posted:
Has anyone else noticed this?

Why does nearly every news story have to start with the word "Now"?

It started with one or two of the News 24 presenters, but has rapidly spread to all the presenters on all the bulletins on all the channels.

It's really hacking me off.

Am I alone, or are others equally annoyed by it?


I agree. Maxine Mawhinney is one of the worst offenders, with the use of 'now'.
BR
Brekkie
It didn't irritate me, but now it's been bought to my attention it'll probably bug the life out of me!


So thanks alot! Wink
JR
jrothwell97
Now this behaviour is now becoming really annoying now. Now, every single sentence is preceded with the word 'now'. And it is a Daily Mail mentality, now.
EY
the eye
Brekkie Boy posted:
It didn't irritate me, but now it's been bought to my attention it'll probably bug the life out of me!


So thanks alot! Wink


Me too!
RM
Roger Mellie
G4 posted:
YES! FINALLY someone else has admitted to being annoyed by this! I hate it. Somebody PLEASE buy these presenters a truckload of thesauruses (or is it thesaurii?) for Christmas!


Just looked it up in my Concise OED:

It can be thesauri or thesauruses Smile
RM
Roger Mellie
Roger Mellie posted:
G4 posted:
YES! FINALLY someone else has admitted to being annoyed by this! I hate it. Somebody PLEASE buy these presenters a truckload of thesauruses (or is it thesaurii?) for Christmas!


Just looked it up in my Concise OED:

It can be thesauri or thesauruses Smile


The former being the Latin 2nd declension masculine plural ending in the nominative (confer fungus/fungi, colossus/colossi)... summat like that anyway Wink

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