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Maringer
November 9, 2023, 11:22pm
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I was a bit irritated by her voice, but no more so than some of the male commentors I've heard.

At least she didn't pretend to think she was the poet laureate unlike that gobshite Peter Drury.
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I was a bit irritated by her voice, but no more so than some of the male commentors I've heard.

At least she didn't pretend to think she was the poet laureate unlike that gobshite Peter Drury.


Yeah her voice is mildly irritating
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November 10, 2023, 7:16am
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Next time we paste highlights on here, please put a note when it’s a female commentator. 90% will call sexism here, but my good god……..


‘Female commentator’?! Did you really just post that? It’s irritating because it’s a female voice, or it’s just that her voice in particular is irritating? Why not just add the remark: warning - irritating voice. A bit like Clive Tyldsley’s.

What you posted mate IS sexist.


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Out of interest, what did she say that grated with you? It sounded all pretty standard commentator stuff to me


Nothing about the content, it’s the pitch of her voice, really REALLY loud and shrill. At the end of the day, you can have the best content and delivery but if your voice isn’t right for TV (or radio), you shouldn’t get the job.  If a bloke had the same pitch to his voice, it would be equally awful.
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November 10, 2023, 7:25am
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Fair enough, and I agree with you - her pitch and volume is hard listening, but saying ‘warning: female commentator’ implies that all or any female commentator will somehow be unsatisfactory in some way and you should prepare yourself. The truth is - there are some good commentators and there are some irritating commentators, and pundits for that matter. How we perceive that is a matter of personal taste. Nothing to do with gender. Surely you must see that?


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Nothing about the content, it’s the pitch of her voice, really REALLY loud and shrill. At the end of the day, you can have the best content and delivery but if your voice isn’t right for TV (or radio), you shouldn’t get the job.  If a bloke had the same pitch to his voice, it would be equally awful.


I sort of agree in that commentators get excited as they play to what's happening on the field. Makes it more like being at a game because they add emotion that gets you pulled into the game more. But when female commentators do it, it's a bit shrill and goes through me sometimes.

But as presenters I think they're much better than the gob shite male ones.
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I sort of agree in that commentators get excited as they play to what's happening on the field. Makes it more like being at a game because they add emotion that gets you pulled into the game more. But when female commentators do it, it's a bit shrill and goes through me sometimes.

But as presenters I think they're much better than the gob shite male ones.


You’ve pretty much said what I wanted to, but you’ve said it better!

I agree that the female presenters of football on tv, in the main, are really good, but most of the commentators fall short, in my opinion.

I agree that the way I got my original argument across WAS sexist, I just need to select my wording better, as I don’t consider myself a sexist. In this day and age, though, that might not mean that I’m not one!
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You’ve pretty much said what I wanted to, but you’ve said it better!

I agree that the female presenters of football on tv, in the main, are really good, but most of the commentators fall short, in my opinion.

I agree that the way I got my original argument across WAS sexist, I just need to select my wording better, as I don’t consider myself a sexist. In this day and age, though, that might not mean that I’m not one!


All power to you mate, it takes strength to accept that you were wrong and admit it. None of us are perfect and we all make mistakes.


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November 10, 2023, 10:31am
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Top man. Who doesn’t say stuff and then regret it! Move on.


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All power to you mate, it takes strength to accept that you were wrong and admit it. None of us are perfect and we all make mistakes.


I like to consider myself as being perfect insomuch that I don't make mistakes and never admit to any that I do make.
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