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Grunger

Yes I agree. I wish they would employ people on ability. In my opinion, the best commentator is a woman, Robyn Cowen. I dont know anything about her, but she has a pleasant voice and identifies the players. That is all I want.

Grunger & Jigjag

Just heard the Roses 4-day game has been switched to Headingley.
I had to cancel 3 cricket trips last season and now have to cancel my Hotel stay and rail tickets for Scarborough !

Yes, jigjag, that 20th letter. I can forgive people dropping a t if it's part of their natural dialect, but I can't abide RP speakers doing it when they are terrified of sounding posh. Among the guilty: Tony Blair and George Osborne. Did they really think voters would love them for sounding 'common'?

Tyke

Very annoying for you. 140,000 at Silverstone but you cant have 4,000 at Scarb. I looked at Lancs website and it seems there will be 6,000 at Leeds. Hope you can go.

Tyke

Bad luck re Roses match. Congrats to NZ on a stunning performance. Excellent team.

Paul

I have never heard Blair do it, so I will drop him a notch. Osborne, Michael Vaughan etc sound ridiculous.

Grunger

I assume it is a tattoo. I have heard "cocka'oo", which is awful.

Just been watching a video on how to propagate certain plants.
The presenter kept referring to the compost as dirt, which is a pet hate of mine, but at least he didn't call it dir'!

Rossim

It could not have been Monty Don with his wonderful voice. He would never refer to dirt or drop any t. Was it an expert or a mere presenter? As in football, presenters get things wrong.

I am used to people dropping the t in the middle or at the end of words, but now they are being dropped at the beginning.

A BBC presenter who speaks perfect English said that it would be a big 'ask for England to beat Germany. It will certainly be a difficult task, but why not say so?

Is that tongue-in-cheek, grunger? "A big ask" is common sports-talk for "it's asking a lot".