KOCO TV comments--or rant

[old okie]

Yikes!!! What is with Jessica Schambach? I know she is trying to sound "folksy"--or maybe just "Okie"--but p-l-e-a-s-e! Her pronunciation is so poor that the impression that she must make on any visitors who happen to catch her presentation/reporting has to give all Oklahomans a bad rap. She is absolutely THE worst of the all of the local anchors. Yes, we Okies do drop our "g's" on words ending in "-ing," but a person trained in TV should be able to overcome that. She sounds so "hick"!

We don't dislike the lady; on the contrary, we just wish someone would take her aside and get her a little speech training. She has the potential to make a decent anchor--okay, she needs better makeup, a hair style, and attractive clothes [like Amy or Amanda on KWTV], but there is potential.

Are we the only ones who are bothered by her continual usage of such phrases as "he was shot dead" or "they were woken by the earthquake" or "they're gettin' a plan and are workin' on improving"? Yes, we are old-school about standards of speech and grammar, but........we often switch channels to miss her destruction of the language---and we really do like Channel Five. [And, no, we don't work for one of the other stations!]

Rant over!