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    From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 19 21:58:52 2023
    Channel 5's new popular astronomy series, with Tim Peake.

    As with many such prog.s, there are long sequences with nothing but
    music, as we see views of planets, or the presenter striding over some landscape.

    But the audio description seems to overlap what little speech there is.

    I suppose I (on behalf of those who need it) should be grateful there is
    AD at all, and what it says is actually a good description of what's
    going on.
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    The early worm gets the bird.

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to J. P. Gilliver on Wed Sep 20 18:45:17 2023
    Yes, not seen this one yet. If its on 5 it will be repeated quite quickly.
    I'd really rather just have it from the hip without all the travelling
    around the world that that other guy does with long silences. I guess I
    might have another view if I could see though. I'm a bit annoyed there is no real science show on the radio any more its all either climate change or
    fluff.
    Brian

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    "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote in message news:mWQlTKWMugClFw7d@255soft.uk...
    Channel 5's new popular astronomy series, with Tim Peake.

    As with many such prog.s, there are long sequences with nothing but music,
    as we see views of planets, or the presenter striding over some landscape.

    But the audio description seems to overlap what little speech there is.

    I suppose I (on behalf of those who need it) should be grateful there is
    AD at all, and what it says is actually a good description of what's going on.
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    The early worm gets the bird.

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  • From The Other John@21:1/5 to J. P. Gilliver on Wed Sep 20 19:05:06 2023
    On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:58:52 +0100, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

    But the audio description seems to overlap what little speech there is.

    What speech there was irritated me by his continued use of the ugly and incorrect American pronunciation of kilometre. If this was a British
    programme for British TV why didn't he use miles?

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    TOJ.

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  • From John Williamson@21:1/5 to The Other John on Wed Sep 20 20:38:47 2023
    On 20/09/2023 20:05, The Other John wrote:
    On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:58:52 +0100, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

    But the audio description seems to overlap what little speech there is.

    What speech there was irritated me by his continued use of the ugly and incorrect American pronunciation of kilometre. If this was a British programme for British TV why didn't he use miles?

    Because a significant percentage of the British population only know
    about miles as a fictional unit as in "miles per gallon", and even for
    that, car makers are now using "litres per 100 km". They haven't got a
    clue how long a mile actually is, as their only connection is that you
    do a bit more than a mile a minute on a clear motorway, but they do 5 or
    10 kilometre steeplechases at school and all sports are now timed and
    measured over metric distances.

    If the programme is going to be sold in the USA, they use kilometres
    (Sorry, kilometers) to make it feel like real science. It takes all the
    fun out of it if they can understand it.

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    Tciao for Now!

    John.

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  • From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to The Other John on Wed Sep 20 21:07:10 2023
    In message <ueffp2$32oe7$1@dont-email.me> at Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:05:06,
    The Other John <nomail@here.org> writes
    On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:58:52 +0100, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

    But the audio description seems to overlap what little speech there is.

    What speech there was irritated me by his continued use of the ugly and >incorrect American pronunciation of kilometre. If this was a British >programme for British TV why didn't he use miles?

    Probability of export sales, I guess.

    I take it you mean stress on the o? I didn't notice. If you meet someone
    who uses that and it bugs you, talk to them about centimetres with the
    same stress. (And mis-stress their surname, too.)
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    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    If vegetarians eat vegetables,..beware of humanitarians!

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  • From The Other John@21:1/5 to J. P. Gilliver on Wed Sep 20 21:24:57 2023
    On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 21:07:10 +0100, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

    I take it you mean stress on the o? I didn't notice. If you meet someone
    who uses that and it bugs you, talk to them about centimetres with the
    same stress. (And mis-stress their surname, too.)

    Yes I'll ask them how many sen-TIM-iters tall are they and how many kill- OG-rams they weigh! :)



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  • From Roderick Stewart@21:1/5 to johnwilliamson@btinternet.com on Thu Sep 21 08:53:57 2023
    On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 20:38:47 +0100, John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:

    [...]
    Because a significant percentage of the British population only know
    about miles as a fictional unit as in "miles per gallon", and even for
    that, car makers are now using "litres per 100 km". They haven't got a
    clue how long a mile actually is,
    [...]

    It's exactly 1 mile from my home to the Co-op. The little numbers in
    my car say so.

    Rod.

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  • From wrightsaerials@f2s.com@21:1/5 to Roderick Stewart on Thu Sep 21 08:04:59 2023
    On Thursday, 21 September 2023 at 08:53:59 UTC+1, Roderick Stewart wrote:

    It's exactly 1 mile from my home to the Co-op. The little numbers in
    my car say so.

    Sheffield Parkway is the same length as the first movement of Mozart's 40th.

    Bill

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  • From Liz Tuddenham@21:1/5 to wrightsaerials@aol.com on Thu Sep 21 16:07:47 2023
    wrightsaerials@aol.com <wrightsaerials@f2s.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, 21 September 2023 at 08:53:59 UTC+1, Roderick Stewart wrote:

    It's exactly 1 mile from my home to the Co-op. The little numbers in
    my car say so.

    Sheffield Parkway is the same length as the first movement of Mozart's 40th.

    ...but the atmosphere is only one bar...


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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to The Other John on Thu Sep 21 16:43:58 2023
    You are lucky, he has flown with the Russians as well as the Americans.
    I find it annoying when AD goes over the speaking also. If as has been said there are long parts of silence, then they could put it there. It is after
    all mennt toenhance the experience not cock it up!

    Brian

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    On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:58:52 +0100, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

    But the audio description seems to overlap what little speech there is.

    What speech there was irritated me by his continued use of the ugly and incorrect American pronunciation of kilometre. If this was a British programme for British TV why didn't he use miles?

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    TOJ.

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