tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post5759516114443223299..comments2024-03-28T05:47:44.752-05:00Comments on RIFLES AT DAWN: Monday Media Rant: Time To Retire, BrentTim Morrisseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-11517670138343257852011-01-04T11:51:53.430-06:002011-01-04T11:51:53.430-06:00If it's any consolation, out here on the easte...If it's any consolation, out here on the eastern outpost of civilization you can hear "Brent Mooseburger" turn up in otherwise serious conversations from time to time.<br /><br />When it comes to matters elocutionary, midwesterners can easily find dialoguery in this place to be as pleasant as fingernail on a blackboard.<br /><br />We don't often encounter such offenses as EYE-talian (there's a preponderance of Italians on the island I call home). But the Italians here are prone to horrifying cheese-loving auslanders by referring to mozzarella cheese simply as "moutz." <br /><br />A particular grievance is the widespread mangling of the simple, obvious word "hammock." Any (seemingly a majority here) who call it a "hammick"ought to be made to sleep in one.<br /><br />On the premise that a well-informed traveler is a happy traveler, I herewith offer this link to a most unusual map: http://aschmann.net/AmEng/<br /><br />Navigate to the map itself (top left of the quirky Web page) and explore how they say things here and there. Make sure you have your computer's sound amped up.<br /><br />Forewarned is forearmed. If your ears are particularly sensitive, you may be surprised how much of the country is best avoided, or at least passed through at flank speed. For example, the sprawling "hillbilly" realm, with its close cuzzins, is enough to make flying attractive again. The whole of Broooklyn? Fugheddaboudit.Hieronymous Knickerbockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17595084830114588686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-73385395302380322862011-01-03T11:58:39.451-06:002011-01-03T11:58:39.451-06:00Buck's the result of patronage. But few statem...Buck's the result of patronage. But few statements get the blood pumping like "You're looking LIVE..." He, like Al Michaels, as earned the right to walk on his own terms. My guess is he calls whatever games he wants these days.jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826068886546004899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-42124692613895423752011-01-03T10:48:52.049-06:002011-01-03T10:48:52.049-06:00At least Bob Griese got the memo about "WES-c...At least Bob Griese got the memo about "WES-consin." I laugh every time he says it now because you can tell he's really trying hard to get it right.<br /><br />But, Brent LOVES Madison. I've never heard him as effusive about any other college town, shouting out names of restaurants, nightspots and sites. So...I guess I'd give him a pass for a few more years. So he can keep saying:<br /><br />"You're looking LIVE at beautiful Madison, Wisconsin."Bill Geisthttp://www.billgeist.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-54559435497440550992011-01-03T09:28:37.663-06:002011-01-03T09:28:37.663-06:00I felt a small pang over the Badgers' loss on ...I felt a small pang over the Badgers' loss on Saturday. I didn't think about it until Sunday. Perhaps the Packer victory over Da Bears compensates somewhat?<br /><br />Musburger was always a very professional broadcaster...just a bit too smarmily glib for my taste.<br /><br />The Town Crank<br />NeenahSteve Erbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05065643506800242801noreply@blogger.com