I have been listening to the weather news over the past couple of days. The talk is about Hurricane Noel.
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I have yet to hear a single announcer on TV or radio say the name Noel correctly. (It's being said like 'knoll')
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I'm not the only person who noticed this either.
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Does anyone remember the Christmas carol "The First Noel"?
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Or is the media that allergic to even mentioning someone's name this festive and/or anything that remotely reflects CHRISTMAS?
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Are they starting to censor people's names now too?
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Or maybe there is one person somewhere who named the Hurricane that just doesn't know how to pronounce the name Noel? (A pronunciation was not listed on Encarta, and I couldn't find it on Wikipedia. Just why would that be?)
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I noticed that not a single person giving the weather on TV or radio is standing out and boldly saying the name correctly.
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Noel - Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl
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Noel - Encarta:
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861683540/Noel.html
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Note: Today - 11.3.07 - One person/news anchor did try to say the name Noel correctly. http://www.nbc10.com/index.html
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Note: Today - 11.9.07 - I checked on my site doubleclicking on Noel, and the definition of Noel did have an audio pronunciation.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Noel