One word: Contractions. I was going to say abbreviations but this wouldn't be accurate, and whilst I'm at it I will also admit that I don't have any problem with 'txt spk' not that I can understand most of it. No my bugbear is contractions, in particular contractions of TV show titles into lazier ways of saying that title.
I bet you know the ones I mean.
Yes, 'Strictly come Dancing' is one of them....I'm sorry but as pretty as you are Claudia Winkleman, I would prefer not to see your little trailers for your 'It takes two' programme, your head tilted gently to one side assuring the public that there is no need to be starved of your addiction of 'all things Strictly' Nooooo! The show is called Strictly Come Dancing, please call it by its proper title. I have even had friends asking me if I saw 'Strictly' the other night and feel compelled to lie and say I have not seen it. Perhaps if they quoted the full title the response may be different.
There is another, and it has recently returned to torment our TV screens.
'I'm a Celebrity Get me out of here'. I am not even going to write down the cringeworthy contraction of this programme suffice to say it is just the first three words of the title; come on people, its only another words after that, its not going to take you all morning to say it. Better still, just call it 'Jungle Torture' because thats all it really is, a bunch of unfortunate people whose choice is to either starve or eat kangaroo bollocks for public pleasure.
I apologise to fans of said shows, as I know both are very popular; there are far more important things in this world to get angry about, injustices in foreign countries and failings in our own, but there are plenty of people better qualified to stand up for these subjects...so I'll stick to moaning about shortening of programme titles.
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