"Some warm sunshine" was the forecast from BBCTV this morning. Is there any
limit to the dumbing down?

On 19 Jun, 10:15, "David Haggas" wrote:
"Some warm sunshine" was the forecast from BBCTV this morning. Is there any
limit to the dumbing down?

What's wrong with warm sunshine, David?

Just curious.

Steve

"Steve J" wrote On 19 Jun, 10:15, "David Haggas"
wrote:
"Some warm sunshine" was the forecast from BBCTV this morning. Is there
any
limit to the dumbing down?

What's wrong with warm sunshine, David?

Just curious.

I can see how the forecaster might easily fall into this figure of speech
and I wouldn't normally quibble, but it did cross my mind how you get
anything other than "warm" sunshine, in the same week as the summer solstice
....... unless it's "hot" sunshine of course.

- Tom.

On Jun 19, 10:15 am, "David Haggas"
wrote:
"Some warm sunshine" was the forecast from BBCTV this morning. Is there any
limit to the dumbing down?

It does have the air of baby-talk about it, certainly. They
use it a lot and I wish they wouldn't. I feel slightly patronised by
it.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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On Jun 19, 10:15 am, "David Haggas"
wrote:
"Some warm sunshine" was the forecast from BBCTV this morning. Is there
any
limit to the dumbing down?

It does have the air of baby-talk about it, certainly. They
use it a lot and I wish they wouldn't. I feel slightly patronised by
it.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

Indeed it is patronising. If we don't get warm sunshine at this time of year
then perhaps we all should be moving south. There is never any reference to
the wider pattern. The viewer is not aware of the airmass type affecting the
UK or those likely to affect it in the future. Taking all the charts and
profile maps and replacing them with the "let me tell you a story" human
touch does not work and is patronising, boring and ineffective.