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Sky News early morning

(13 Posts)
Wheniwasyourage Mon 06-Jan-25 14:05:58

Internationally the time used by scientists (and others, perhaps) is UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, but presumably in French?). It is the same as Greenwich Mean Time and doesn't change with anybody's daylight saving time changes.

specki4eyes Sun 05-Jan-25 23:17:30

Now I'm puzzled as to why I use it! I guess I innocently thought it described the time in Britain as compared to other countries. Who knew that it would cause so much tutt-tutting from Gransnetters!?
OP slinks away sobbing guiltily....

petra Sun 05-Jan-25 20:22:27

An explanation of British Standard times.
I’m puzzled why the OP used it.

www.quora.com/Is-BST-British-summer-time-or-British-standard-time

argymargy Sun 05-Jan-25 20:21:44

There is no such thing as British Standard Time. It’s either GMT or British Summer Time (depending on the time of year).

welbeck Sun 05-Jan-25 19:51:39

I also prounce the place across the sea west of us as
Eye Land.
Can't say it any other way.
And I very much doubt anyone is monitoring the newsreader's speech beyond that it keeps to the script.
If you can make out the words spoken well that's job done.

welbeck Sun 05-Jan-25 19:48:14

I thought Greenwich
Mean Time ot GMT was the internationally recognised term?
I hear it on the BBC World Service and on YouTube videos from Australia and USA.

AuntieE Sun 05-Jan-25 15:07:12

argymargy

Pedants’ Corner surely cannot accept the term “British Standard Time”?!

Why not? I myself prefer Greenich mean time, being old-fashioned, but as all of Britain officially has the same time, GMT and most of Europe is one hour ahead of GMT, I fail to understand the objection to Brtish Standard Tme.

Wheniwasyourage Sun 05-Jan-25 09:51:53

I have read somewhere that English English speakers are losing the 'r' sound in words, which seems to me to be a shame.

BlueBelle Sun 05-Jan-25 08:54:28

I m afraid I pronounce Ireland as I land and that’s with a late Irish son in law and family still living there and very Irish grandkids no body has ever mentioned it being wrong

argymargy Sun 05-Jan-25 08:27:51

Pedants’ Corner surely cannot accept the term “British Standard Time”?!

M0nica Sun 05-Jan-25 08:12:01

I do not listen to the news. I read it online.

crazyH Sat 04-Jan-25 21:51:06

I don’t get up early enough , but it’s always SkyNews that I turn on first.

specki4eyes Sat 04-Jan-25 21:46:32

Living an hour ahead of British Standard Time, I pick up this News channel before the big names come on. There are two presenters on early who don't seem to have learned the art of reading the auto cue without undue hesitation or stuttering. Either that or the auto cue is faulty and difficult to follow seamlessly. Consequently, the piece they are reading often makes little sense.
And one presenter, whose intonation is decidedly school girlish, doesn't seem to realise that 'Ireland' is pronounced with a clear 'r' and not as in 'island'.
Perhaps they are in training on the early shift but if so, shouldn't someone be monitoring their work?