Quote from: KMKMKM on December 06, 2010, 09:38:25 PM
One thing I've always hated about George is how he introduces callers during open lines.
"let's go to ___________ in ____________. Hey _________, welcome to the show(or "go ahead")!"
First, he says the person's name and location, but it seems like whenever there's the opportunity, he always says the nickname version(Jonathan/Johnny, Joseph/Joey, Andrew/Andy, etc.) of it the second time. I'm sure it's an attempt to be more "personable" but it bugs the hell out of me, and it's so predictable when he's going to do it.
That's funny -- when I used to listen I notice he would always start off with the person's name as it's on his screen, and if it was a diminutive name, he would then refer to their full name. Like, "Let's go to Tim in Utah. Hey, Timothy, go ahead!". He must be switching it up now.
I get irritated over his mispronunciations like saying the word "open" as "OWN-PEN". Adding an "N" unnecessarily. There's too many others to list and I've blocked them out of my memory, but I always hated that one especially. OWN-PEN lines. Ugh.