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- word choice - Difference between commentor and commentator . . .
A commentator commentates events (like sport games on radio and TV) according to attributed time slot That's why he has to fill with words the pauses in games, events, etc A commenter, on the contrary, comments He is not obliged to maintain a word flow
- Why do we say commentator instead of commenter?
A commentator is more than a commenter Traditionally, a commentator is someone who reports the affairs of the day - a pundit A "commenter" would be a person making an observation, e g , "Oh look, it's raining " The word "commentator" may offer a sense of being a portmanteau of "comment" with "orator" or "pontificator "
- What do you call who writes comments? Commenter or commentator?
I'm not keen on the choices offered A commentator is one who gives on-the-scene reports of news events (whether recorded video or live tv) A person who writes comments (here, I believe we're talking about periodicals) is usually referred to as a 'columnist' E g , the UK Telegraph online has their columnists listed under the heading 'commentary'
- The term color man for sports announcers [closed]
Tara Lipinski, the former ice skating star, is a well-regarded color commentator in her sport From Wikipedia--The term color refers to levity and insight provided by a secondary announcer A sports color commentator customarily works alongside the play-by-play broadcaster
- Is there an idiom phrase similar to commentators curse, but with . . .
a Cricket player hitting a six immediately after the commentator says that he has the highest number of sixes for his team Or a Football (Soccer) player scoring from way outside the D-box just when the commentator says that the player had scored from a similar distance in the previous game
- Origin of the idiom If ifs and buts were candy and nuts?
The aphorism was coined by the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Don Meredith, who later became a sports commentator for the TV show Monday Night Football in 1970 17 December 1970, Ada (OK) Evening News, pg 7, col 1: Howard Cosell: “If Los Angeles wins, it’s a big one, but San Francisco is still very much in it ”
- What is the origin of the dated British expression I say!
The other use is ‘as a mere exclamation expressive of surprise, delight, dismay, or indignant protest’ and one of the OED’s earliest citations in this sense is from 1890: ‘I say! won't it be glorious?’ ‘Oh, I say’ was a favourite expression of the British tennis commentator Dan Maskell (1908-1992), who would utter it when
- The Dude abides — what does abide mean in that context?
I'm unfamilar with the word "abide" which is famously used the the movie quote "The Dude abides" (The Big Lebowski) Looking it up in a German English dictionary makes me believe it's "The Dude li
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