eball Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Here's something to sink your teeth into. Let's hear your pet peeves regarding broadcasters and announcers. I'll start. #1 -- the continual, inaccurate use of the phrase "unanswered points." Drives me batty. It will be the 2nd quarter of a game and invariably some announcer will say, "so-and-so have scored 14 unanswered points." The only time that phrase means anything is at the end of the game. Sloppy use of the English language. What's wrong with saying "consecutive" or "straight?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 A tradition started, I believe, by Troy Aikman, and now repeated by many... "He defensed that pass as well as you could have". It should be "defended that pass"...my dad, an old english teacher, used to go nuts on this one...it has now become accepted, even though it is not correct, at all.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Three straight games......in a row. Duh! In basketball it's score the ball. WTF else would you be scoring with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Here's something to sink your teeth into. Let's hear your pet peeves regarding broadcasters and announcers. I'll start. #1 -- the continual, inaccurate use of the phrase "unanswered points." Drives me batty. It will be the 2nd quarter of a game and invariably some announcer will say, "so-and-so have scored 14 unanswered points." The only time that phrase means anything is at the end of the game. Sloppy use of the English language. What's wrong with saying "consecutive" or "straight?" They should let Goodell police that. First offense, warning. Second offense, four game ban. Third offense, season ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) Here's something to sink your teeth into. Let's hear your pet peeves regarding broadcasters and announcers. I'll start. #1 -- the continual, inaccurate use of the phrase "unanswered points." Drives me batty. It will be the 2nd quarter of a game and invariably some announcer will say, "so-and-so have scored 14 unanswered points." The only time that phrase means anything is at the end of the game. Sloppy use of the English language. What's wrong with saying "consecutive" or "straight?" There is nothing "wrong" or "inaccurate" about that, as per your own example. Unanswered, as of the time of the statement, is not inaccurate at all. You need to define what you mean exactly more clearly. You start a post to B word about this!? You must be particularly miserable today. Don't worry; being a Bills fan will do that to you, I know. Also, bitching about anything Troy Aikman, or any ex professional athlete says incorrectly from a grammatical perspective is rather misplaced in my opinion. Has it occurred to people that pro athletes, as a rule, are not a bright group of people? If they were, they wouldn't be pro athletes, as a general rule. There's always room for a bit of statistical deviation in life, of course. Edited October 24, 2014 by Stopthepain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) There is nothing "wrong" or "inaccurate" about that, as per your own example. Unanswered, as of the time of the statement, is not inaccurate at all. You need to define what you mean exactly more clearly. You start a post to B word about this!? You must be particularly miserable today. Don't worry; being a Bills fan will do that to you, I know. It's context...those points will always be answered at some point in the game, unless it ends that way. There's absolutely no need to say "unanswered" points when you have perfectly good words that more accurately reflect the situation. "The Colts scored 24 unanswered points in the 2nd quarter, and then the Texans scored 14 unanswered points in the 3rd, before the Colts scored in the 4th to pull it out." I've heard similar statements during many games, and recaps of games. It's ridiculous. Edited October 24, 2014 by eball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricojes Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) Here's something to sink your teeth into. Let's hear your pet peeves regarding broadcasters and announcers. I'll start. #1 -- the continual, inaccurate use of the phrase "unanswered points." Drives me batty. It will be the 2nd quarter of a game and invariably some announcer will say, "so-and-so have scored 14 unanswered points." The only time that phrase means anything is at the end of the game. Sloppy use of the English language. What's wrong with saying "consecutive" or "straight?" Overused - Poise (Tasker) & Physicality X amount of points in X amount of time always irritates me. such as a TD, followed by a fumbled kickoff and then a TD by one team. Yes, it's 2 TD's in 20 seconds or whatever, but it's just really sounds dumb if they point that out. Also, any female announcer broadcasting a men's game. There are a lot of women that are knowledgeable in sports and I don't mind if they are sideline reporters or part of the pre and/or post game. Just not play by play or color commentating. The best is probably Doris Burke, but she still annoys me and I change the channel. Maybe just me being a caveman, but I don't think I will ever get used to it. Edited October 24, 2014 by ricojes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 A tradition started, I believe, by Troy Aikman, and now repeated by many... "He defensed that pass as well as you could have". It should be "defended that pass"...my dad, an old english teacher, used to go nuts on this one...it has now become accepted, even though it is not correct, at all.... Similar to the phrase "flied out" in baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Security Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 My pet peeve is people walking at you around corners who cut the corner off like they are driving in Britain and walk right into you (as you are walking on the right side)!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr1 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 60 Minutes promos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campy Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 My biggest pet peeve with announcers is the incessant use of adjectives as adverbs: "He got there quick" instead of quickly. "He threw that perfect" instead of perfectly. Like nails on a chalkboard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtbag Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 different sport, but the worst ever is, "he has a high level of compete." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 It's probably more of a coach thing, but I hate any time they use compete as a noun. "I wasn't happy with our compete out there today". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Here's something to sink your teeth into. Let's hear your pet peeves regarding broadcasters and announcers. I'll start. #1 -- the continual, inaccurate use of the phrase "unanswered points." Drives me batty. It will be the 2nd quarter of a game and invariably some announcer will say, "so-and-so have scored 14 unanswered points." The only time that phrase means anything is at the end of the game. Sloppy use of the English language. What's wrong with saying "consecutive" or "straight?" Seems much ado about nothing in particular. Why is this inaccurate? If team A scores 3 TDs in a span where team B scores 0 points, " twenty one unanswered points" is accurate. " Unanswered is just preferred TV jargon. That is because they are broadcasting a contest, where new viewers could be just joining in at any time. Unanswered tells the story while putting some onus on the opposition, where straight or consecutive describe only the action of the team scoring. The more compelling term is chosen as football is a game of momentum, and a team scoring " unanswered points" clearly has it. This may be enough to keep viewers around ( the name of the game for broadcasters) . If the team scoring them is behind, they clearly have momentum on their side to pull it out. If they are ahead it's " wow, what a clinic Manning is putting on right now" or " what a tire fire the Jets are". Their job is to keep people watching, not bore them with grammar lessons. Just dont get me started about announcers saying " he needed more heighth on that pass" or " He really got upfield quick, Johnson did" ... Err , never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Any use of the word "moxie" - typically for scrappy, overachieving college QBs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clippers of Nfl Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 None of this bothers me. If I had to pick something... It's when a bad bad call that is obviously a bad call, they stay a little silent or throw it under the rug quickly. Like, call it like it is. A blown call. A WRONG penalty. Just call it. Show your frustration. Dont just say, "Oh" or stay silent. I have seen this recently. Chuckie calls it like it is. That's why I like him. My only knock on Chuckie is he is super duper hot for Brady. It's probably more of a coach thing, but I hate any time they use compete as a noun. "I wasn't happy with our compete out there today". That sounds pretty stupid. It's more funny than annoying. Who says this by the way? Doesnt make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris heff Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I'm I the only one that heard last Sunday's announcer say, "looks like it's Boobie Dixon or bust"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 different sport, but the worst ever is, "he has a high level of compete." Yes, I was going to bring this up. WTF is with hockey people. First, they made desperation sound like a good thing, and now this ridiculous phrase. None of this bothers me. If I had to pick something... It's when a bad bad call that is obviously a bad call, they stay a little silent or throw it under the rug quickly. Like, call it like it is. A blown call. A WRONG penalty. Just call it. Show your frustration. Dont just say, "Oh" or stay silent. I have seen this recently. Chuckie calls it like it is. That's why I like him. My only knock on Chuckie is he is super duper hot for Brady. That sounds pretty stupid. It's more funny than annoying. Who says this by the way? Doesnt make sense. Everybody involved in hockey now - the coaches, the analysts, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PO'14 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 How about the classic: "GOTTA GIVE HIM ALL THE CREDIT IN THE WORLD" wait a minute, if he gets it all, then no one will have any! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaz Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Analysts who laud a player with the following: "This guy loves to play the game of football." I do hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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