Weeters 1811 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 http://community.myfoxmilwaukee.com/blogs/Tim_VanVooren Is it just me, or does Tim VanVooren, a professional sportscaster at WITI, type like a 4th grader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 It's only a blog. No one's grading you on your grammar when writing in your personal blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain 17 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 But well if he's professional on TV, I suppose he should be professional on his blog.. Makes sense doesn't it? You are a professional sports anchor and type like a hillbilly, there's something wrong there... He loves trailing periods alot I see.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dylan Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 - Alain ] But well if he's professional on TV, I suppose he should be professional on his blog.. Makes sense doesn't it? You are a professional sports anchor and type like a hillbilly, there's something wrong there... He loves trailing periods alot I see.... He's not the only one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoty79 0 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 They're called ellipses, and in broadcast copy they are used to indicate a "purposeful pause" so the reader doesn't steamroll through the copy. That's Tim's regular writing style, conversational, so I suppose he's just carrying it over to the blog. The blogs are just a promotional tool, written in spare moments during the on-air talent's workday. It's another marketing method used to help the viewer relate to the talent and their "inner thoughts." At the end of the day, it's just another way to get you to watch more. Don't expect major literary works. If you do, you'll go away disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestbiteme 13 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Looking over his most recent entries, it seems that it's not his grammar that's the issue, it's his formatting. No caps and little punctuation, the whole article seems to be one run-on sentence. While I am one who uses capitals, exclamation points, full words and proper spelling even in my instant messages, I can understand him not using them. It's his blog, it's informal, and by looking over a lot of the email and instant messages I get via TVNT, it's even the way a lot of you guys write. "u got a minit?" "can u upld sumthng? thx!" "'m sry!" Well, the last one is pushing it a little (Dylan will get that one )). Despite that fact, that it's still a pet peeve of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dylan Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Looking over his most recent entries, it seems that it's not his grammar that's the issue, it's his formatting. No caps and little punctuation, the whole article seems to be one run-on sentence. While I am one who uses capitals, exclamation points, full words and proper spelling even in my instant messages, I can understand him not using them. It's his blog, it's informal, and by looking over a lot of the email and instant messages I get via TVNT, it's even the way a lot of you guys write. "u got a minit?" "can u upld sumthng? thx!" "'m sry!" Well, the last one is pushing it a little (Dylan will get that one )). Despite that fact, that it's still a pet peeve of mine. b'grl prty!!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1811 Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 And now he is typing normally. http://community.myfoxmilwaukee.com/blogs/Tim_VanVooren/2007/02/27/Teds_Excellent_Perception Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoadStar 363 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Maybe he was doing a few while on the road from something like a phone or a PDA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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