Redundant CBC Phrase of the Week
I guess it’s not that redundant, but it drives me crazy when I hear someone promo the news by saying “And now, the news to 3 o’clock.”
Is it just me, or should that really be “the news at 3 o’clock” and not “to 3 o’clock.”
Judy? Anyone?
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“To 3 o’clock” sounds strange to me too! I get a lot of questions and comments about people misusing prepositions. It is especially confusing to people who didn’t grow up speaking English.
It does sound a little weird, but I think it’s ok.
I interpret it as “And now, all the news up to 3:00″, as in a report of everything that’s happened up to now. This is a little redundant (What? No news from the future?), but it suggests that the news is up to date, and not just a rebroadcast of the 2:00 news.
It’s not redundant, but it is bad grammar.
Yes, it’s poor grammar, but something most of us have gotten used to.
As a former market research phoner I remember having lots of trouble with people who didn’t understand the phrase “in the day”. It’s vague & dumb.
My pet peeve of the week is “Meanwhile” as a to-the-next-item thread.
Also, “that’s in about 30 minutes TIME.”
Why do we need “time”? No one says that (off the air).
“it’s three o’clock, now with the latest NEWS…”
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Two main pet peeves:
1. “..until next tuesday, I’m M. Blank”….
translation: after next tuesday, he will be someone else?
2. “..we’ll see you again next week..”
translation: no you won’t, you never did and never will –you’re on the tv/radio! How this sentence can still be repeated by veteran newscasters is beyond me. Try “Join us again next week”, “You can see US again next week at…” Don’t miss us..”
anyone thought of just saying . . . “It’s 3:00, here’s the cbc news?” or “Here’s the news for 3:00″
Why not add the “up” before the “to”, and make it a proper sentence? “Up” is a very short word, it wouldn’t take long to say.
I guess they’re trying to say several things at once, eg. a) it’s 3:00 b) here’s the news c) and it’s all up to date as of 3:00. So it still truthful to say “here’s the news to 3:00″ if it’s “pre-taped” news?
the implication in calling it “news” is that it’s new. “three o’clock news” should be enough.