Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "House Republicans Aim to DECIMATE EPA Budget" video.

  1. I've already accepted that language is dynamic. John is clearly NOT speaking standard English. "Standard English" is non-inflected and has a neutral accent. If John is dropping letters all over the place, it's casual English. Show me the region where that "accent" comes from? It doesn't - it's just lazy. Anal? Only insofar as I think that professional speakers should do so fairly clearly, especially when communicating with an international audience.
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  2. No, it's not an accent - it's a mispronunciation. When Brits cut out the th - especially in the word "brother" it's because they're too ignorant to speak properly, and are trying to be Jamaican gangsters. It's a sign of immaturity. And we're not talking about me - we're talking about a professional news broadcaster who is unable to enunciate the letter T. Who cares? Any educated person who is concerned about the English language. Poor pronunciation leads to confusion.
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  3. If I'm too up my own ass to adrgue with, why did you waste 500 characters trying to convince me? Sound like YOU'RE the one who has ego problems. John is not from France - he's from one of the two primary nations on Earth that has English as a first language. I never claimed that he was not talking English. I just said it was bad English. You have your quaint point of view, and I'm speaking the truth, because I know what I'm talking about. Now how's that for arrogant? Thanks for the laugh.
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  4. John, I don't mean to be an ass, but it is possible that you might learn how to pronounce your T's? The words "pollutant" and "important" and "certainly" all have a t in the middle.
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  5. It's not a matter of making me feel better. It's a matter of clarity. When you mispronounce words, it makes their meaning ambiguous, and it forces the listener to do a transposition in their heads between what you said and what you meant. In short, it's unprofessional and inconsiderate.
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  6. I'm not going to argue against it. And when it becomes the norm for professional speakers to start dropping their Ts, turning THs into Fs and saying "axe" instead of "ask", your point will be relevant to THIS situation. As it is, you fail to understand that there IS a difference between a PHD educated person who speaks for living, as John does, and conversation amongst the working class.
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