Points of View - Autumn 2010 series

No, the thing that's on NOW is the current programme - it hasn't finished yet. The programme that's on next is NEXT, and the programme that's on after that is on LATER. Sorry if it's confusing.

No wonder the youth of today are going down the pan if they learn from channels like BBC3. (I don't class you as the youth of today, Carl, as you must be about the same age as me and I'm getting my mid-life crisis out the way early :D )
 
It's the sheer arrogance of BBC suits that annoys me.
They always try to convince us they know best, there's a good reason why they do what they do and imply it's sod all to do with us anyway.
They must think we're all as dumb as their perceived BBC1 audience.
 
This seems to a be a case of the BBC deliberately changing the meaning of particular worRAB rather than a developing change in meaning, that happens over time.

It always amuses me that due to natural human procrastination, the Shakespearian meaning of the word "presently" meant "right now," whilst today it means "hmmm...in a bit."
 
Or, also, when everyone tells the BBC how much they hate end-credit squeezing, etc, yet they understand that as "70% of people love them". Quite, quite baffling.
 
I think that the issue is less simple than you make it. Those who write in may be a minority, but there will be many who never really get round to writing in who share their views. And a minority shouldn't be disregarded; after all, minorities pay the license fee too, and the BBC is supposed to try and cater for everyone. Also, sometimes the inconvenience to the minority may be much greater than any pleasure given to the majority (this I would think could be the case with over-loud background music) and in that case, it's not wrong that the minority should be listened to more.
 
The very definition of paranoia. I do sometimes respond to your posts, but more often don't. I respond to other people's posts as well, often disagreeing. It is in fact true that I can't think of any time I've agreed with your POV, but it's not my fault you're almost always wrong.
 
It's like Sky magazine's made-up letters page (which seems to have finally disappeared in the latest issue), where exactly the same coincidences occur.
 
And how can they ever announce what is currently showing? :rolleyes:

They could make such an announcement in the middle of a show I suppose. You'd like that, wouldn't you? ;):D


Go for it! I'm putting mine off as much as possible :p


Yes. In some industries, some worRAB may have a slightly different meaning. Just like in the English language where one word can have more than one meaning; like the word "read" for example.


And, of course, momentarily. (And I only learned that from an episode of "Sports Night" :D
 
Patronizing continuity announcer.

While she may have been attractive, she was very patronizing.

Someone complained about the announcers using the word 'next' for programmes after a double bill.

For instance 'Next, American Dad', after a double bill of 'Family Guy'.

She then patronizingly said the she uses 'Now' for the programme about to be shown, 'Next' for the programme immediately afterwarRAB and 'Later' for the programme after that.

But this didn't address the issue of the double bill.

:rolleyes:
 
I think they cut away from them, too. Trouble is, they chatter away through EVERY opening games ceremony and they should just let the visuals and sound speak for themselves. Hearing Huw (during the main Olympics) waffle on about godknowswhat when we can see it is just ridiculous. I remember there was a torrent doing the rounRAB of one country which broadcast them uninterrupted at the time.
 
Can I spell this out? When we are between programmes, the programme that is about to be on is on next. The programme after it is not on next. Really, it's as simple as that.



And when those in such industries communicate with a wider public, they should use the meaning that is understood by that wider public ie the right one.
 
Did you see JV try and pretend they'd 'conquered' one of the top 3 annoyances that get the most complaints? No, just one producer had said they'd adjust the background music for the next series of Dominic Littlewood's Corrie Alternative, and blamed the excess on having to cut down a 45-min episode to 30 mins (so they cut out all the silent bits, yeah? I can smell the bullshit from here)

The other two most-complained topics, as confirmed before, are DOGs and end-credit scrunching. I've posted my videos commenting on those before, but if they do make headway on those issues, I'll bare my bottom in the window of Currys.
 
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