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[Tom Petty]

A simple question: Do radio and television sports guys speak passive as hell on purpose or is Yoda like the national chair of every TV and radio school?

I just watched a replay of yesterday's game in Pitt., and as the winning FG was being kicked, the announcer said, "The kick is up ... good, it is."

Yoda speak seems to be the standard, not only in that game but in every game I watch or listen to. Why?

 

[mike311gd]

I did all three in school. Never were we told to speak that way. (See what I just did there?)

It might have been a slip, but I don't know. I wasn't listening. It sounds -- and reads -- stupid, so I don't think any professional broadcaster would make that his or her style.

 

[Diabeetus]

I did all three in school. Never were we told to speak that way. (See what I just did there?)

It might have been a slip, but I don't know. I wasn't listening. It sounds -- and reads -- stupid, so I don't think any professional broadcaster would make that his or her style.

You mean, "Never told to speak that way, we were." :D

 

[Tom Petty]

I did all three in school. Never were we told to speak that way. (See what I just did there?)

It might have been a slip, but I don't know. I wasn't listening. It sounds -- and reads -- stupid, so I don't think any professional broadcaster would make that his or her style.

i was just giving one instance, mike. almost every stinkin' play-by-play guy in the country speaks like yoda. and it seems like national guys aren't any better than local guys when announcing games, either.

 

[spaceman]

it's good, like Nedick's

 

[Diabeetus]

I did all three in school. Never were we told to speak that way. (See what I just did there?)

It might have been a slip, but I don't know. I wasn't listening. It sounds -- and reads -- stupid, so I don't think any professional broadcaster would make that his or her style.

i was just giving one instance, mike. almost every stinkin' play-by-play guy in the country speaks like yoda. and it seems like national guys aren't any better than local guys when announcing games, either.

Makes them seem wiser, it does.

...or so they think. ;)

 

[RedSmithClone]

I did all three in school. Never were we told to speak that way. (See what I just did there?)

It might have been a slip, but I don't know. I wasn't listening. It sounds -- and reads -- stupid, so I don't think any professional broadcaster would make that his or her style.

i was just giving one instance, mike. almost every stinkin' play-by-play guy in the country speaks like yoda. and it seems like national guys aren't any better than local guys when announcing games, either.

Makes them seem wiser, it does.

...or so they think. ;)

Indeed

 

[Tom Petty]

just uttered ... "and with a first-down play, tomlinson."

WTF?

 

[Tom Petty]

or "open is jackson."

 

[mike311gd]

I think it's time to write your Congressman.

 

[deskslave]

or "open is jackson."

Perhaps in a situation like this, it's because the first thing you can ID is that a guy is open. It takes a second longer to figure out who he is. So you tell your viewers first that a guy's open or that a guy just picked up a first down or whatever, then you tell them who it is.

But then, I'm not a broadcaster. I just make fun of them.

 

[DisembodiedOwlHead]

Rick Romo prefers the active voice.

 

[slappy4428]

This is making me want to chuck, up soon it does

 

[Nathan Scott Phillips]

It's an epidemic in baseball. This backwards-speak affects almost every local guy and many of the national guys. Driven crazy by it am I.

"He had three hits last night, did Jeter."

I think they somehow think it sounds more formal and professional. For some reason no one corrects them.

 

[Football_Bat]

Do you believe in miracles?

You chose ... wisely!

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

I did all three in college too, and I usually tried to announce like the listeners would want and leave no guess room.