A guide to names and words in the news from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the BBC Pronunciation Unit.
"Today's pronunciation is Polish Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński. Our recommendation is yarr-OSS-waff katch-IN-ski (-arr as in marry; -tch as in church).
"The barred L in Jarosław is pronounced like a W in English, while the Ń in Kaczyński represents a nasalised vowel in a native Polish pronunciation but this is rendered as a nasal consonant in our anglicised pronunciation. Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland and Jarosław Kaczyński's twin brother is pronounced LEKH (-kh as in Scottish 'loch')."
Click for a guide to our phonetic pronunciations (PDF)
- Craig Oliver
- 30 Aug 06, 10:57 AM
Here's an example of the difference between appearance and mundane reality.
We got a couple of calls last night questioning the Ten's decision to put a reporter in a helicopter to cover the Dome story. An outrageous use of public money?! Do we sit here thinking up ways to waste your cash?
Not quite... we have a deal whereby we can use a helicopter for an average of seven hours a week. We were planning to get some shots of the Dome from the air (the best place to see it) for all BBC TV and online outlets and we thought why not get a reporter to go up and see it at no extra cost?
Craig Oliver is editor of BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten
The Daily Telegraph: Interview with Ashley Highfield, head of New Media and Technology at the BBC, on how a broadcaster's archives will become more important. (Link)
The Guardian: Diary item asking if people carrying trays on their heads had walked on the set during a Newsnight interview. (Link)
The Daily Mirror: Columnist Kevin Maguire says a BNP caller rang the BBC to complain that Maguire had been on Radio Four on Sunday. (Link)
The Daily Telegraph: Obituary for former BBC presenter, and Spectator radio critic, Michael Vestey, who became a harsh critic of the BBC under Lord Birt. (Link)
