Spanish Radio
I will listen to the sports radio station here in Calgary quite often, especially when I am driving around late at night. I like to have something that is not music playing sometimes, and I am a bit of a sports nut too, so it's interesting to hear what they think about various sports stories, though I don't care much about betting, college sports, basketball, or the NFL, so there are many times when I basically ignore what they are saying.
In the evening, they just pick up the American sports radio shows from ESPN, so it is all focused on the US, which is why there is so much college and so little hockey and no CFL whatsoever. And every once in a while they have a Spanish update. But they never really announce it or explain it. They will just suddenly wrap up what they are saying, and then a voice that has such a thick Mexican accent that he is nearly unintelligible will begin to talk about soccer (I think...I can't really understand him). Every time I hear this, I get uncomfortable because it sounds like they are doing some sort of bad comedy routine where they are basically making fun of Mexicans. The accent is so thick and stereotypical that I have trouble believing that it is serious. But it is! And it doesn't make any sense to me.
I think they have a Spanish language (Mexican language?) sports station, and I think this soccer moment is a cross-promotion for that station, but they never say anything about the other station. If they want people to listen to the Spanish station, why do they make the guy speak in English and then not tell anyone about the Spanish station? If they think people are interested in soccer, why not have someone give the updates in English that is less accented. It is not good business for radio stations to put people on who are hard to understand. It is not just somewhat difficult, like he has a light accent. That's not so bad. Many sports players have accents but are still understandable. This guy makes it hard to drive because I have to concentrate so hard on what he is saying that I almost drive off of the road.
And the worst part is, I'm not sure if I can laugh about it or not. Would that make me racist?
Anyway, I updated Grasp the Nettle. It's a little late, I know. Sorry about that.
1 Comments:
Racist!
Just kidding.
By the way, Macs do have two button mouses...mice...mices...Um, I know what the plural of the animal is, but is it the same for a computer mouse?
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