Newsreader fails: the 30 most baffling onscreen errors

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Following Fox 5 news anchor Ernie Arnastos's four-letter 'chicken' outburst, we look at some of the best autocue catastrophes.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...en-errors.html

[Brad from Georgia]

Teachers foul up, too. I recall one of my friends at UGA getting mixed up with "Huck Finn," turning the name into a phrase suggestive of sex with poultry, and being called into the office when a student complained. She was terrified, but the head of Freshman English just told her it happens.

[Ana Ng]

Originally Posted by Brad from Georgia

Teachers foul up, too. I recall one of my friends at UGA getting mixed up with "Huck Finn," turning the name into a phrase suggestive of sex with poultry, and being called into the office when a student complained. She was terrified, but the head of Freshman English just told her it happens.

Were southern accents part of the issue? I don't think that would work up here as well.

[Brad from Georgia]

Originally Posted by Ana Ng

Were southern accents part of the issue? I don't think that would work up here as well.

Probably...it WAS the University of Georgia, and the teacher was from Boone, NC.

[Roadsterboy]

I have a vague memory of a local Chicago newscast, when the sports guy was talking about something Bartolo Colon had done, when he was with the White Sox. (Before we go further, I should tell you that his last name is pronounced like "cologne"). He'd struck a bunch of people out, and the graphic they plastered up said....."A Whiff Of Colon".

I can't find a video of it anywhere, so I may be misremembering something.

-RB

[htonl]

Originally Posted by Roadsterboy

I have a vague memory of a local Chicago newscast, when the sports guy was talking about something Bartolo Colon had done, when he was with the White Sox. (Before we go further, I should tell you that his last name is pronounced like "cologne"). He'd struck a bunch of people out, and the graphic they plastered up said....."A Whiff Of Colon".

I can't find a video of it anywhere, so I may be misremembering something.

Maybe you were thinking of this newspaper headline?

[Roadsterboy]

Originally Posted by htonl

Maybe you were thinking of this newspaper headline?

That could be it-maybe they mentioned it on a newscast. Didn't think to look at newspaper headlines.

-RB

[Not_Done_Living]

Originally Posted by Roadsterboy

I have a vague memory of a local Chicago newscast, when the sports guy was talking about something Bartolo Colon had done, when he was with the White Sox. (Before we go further, I should tell you that his last name is pronounced like "cologne").
-RB

THIS

I went to school with a guy who's last name was Woolcock. He pronounced it Wilco.
My Son's teach er this year's name is Cockburn and she pronounces it Coburn.

I call BS.

It is what it is. COLON WOOLCOCK and COCKBURN. Get over yourself already.

[DadOf3]

Originally Posted by Not_Done_Living

THIS

I went to school with a guy who's last name was Woolcock. He pronounced it Wilco.
My Son's teach er this year's name is Cockburn and she pronounces it Coburn.

I call BS.

It is what it is. COLON WOOLCOCK and COCKBURN. Get over yourself already.

Singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn pronounces it Co-burn as well.

The bit where the anchor walks into a telephone pole isn't real - it's a commercial.

[bjohn13]

I have a group of cousins with the last name "Kock". They pronounce it like "cook"m