A guide to names and words in the news from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is Polish . Our recommendation is yarr-OSS-waff katch-IN-ski (-arr as in marry; -tch as in church).
"The barred L in Jarosław is pronounced like a W in English, while the Ń in Kaczyński represents a nasalised vowel in a native Polish pronunciation but this is rendered as a nasal consonant in our anglicised pronunciation. Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland and Jarosław Kaczyński's twin brother is pronounced LEKH (-kh as in Scottish 'loch')."
- Craig Oliver
- 30 Aug 06, 10:57 AM
Here's an example of the difference between appearance and mundane reality.
We got a couple of calls last night questioning the Ten's decision to put a reporter in a helicopter to cover the Dome story. An outrageous use of public money?! Do we sit here thinking up ways to waste your cash?
Not quite... we have a deal whereby we can use a helicopter for an average of seven hours a week. We were planning to get some shots of the Dome from the air (the best place to see it) for all ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TV and online outlets and we thought why not get a reporter to go up and see it at no extra cost?
Craig Oliver is editor of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News at Six and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News at Ten
The Daily Telegraph: Interview with Ashley Highfield, head of New Media and Technology at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, on how a broadcaster's archives will become more important. ()
The Guardian: Diary item asking if people carrying trays on their heads had walked on the set during a Newsnight interview. ()
The Daily Mirror: Columnist Kevin Maguire says a BNP caller rang the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ to complain that Maguire had been on Radio Four on Sunday. ()
The Daily Telegraph: Obituary for former ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ presenter, and Spectator radio critic, Michael Vestey, who became a harsh critic of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ under Lord Birt. ()
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