The media, however, should know better than to make fun of something before even knowing what they are talking about!!!
You expect a cable news channel presenter to know what he's talking about these days?
Frankly, half the time, ours act as though they've just ingested something wild and wacky five minutes before coming on. We have one female on SKY news who I call Valium Val because she always looks as though she's half asleep and can barely work up the energy to read the autocue right. :rolleyes:
And the rest seem to think that we'll all enjoy our news much better if they break into inane commentary during reports and gales of babbling laughter.
And, yes, our persenter friend thought it was pronounced Ruth. Being from the UK
, like Yvonne I didn't know it wasn't since that was the first time I'd ever heard it spoken. But even then I didn't see what was so unusual or odd about a surname being Ruth. Or why it would be the cause of great hilarity or pondering.
Must have been a slow news day.
LabRat
