WINS Sportscaster Marc Ernay Encourages Broadcasters to Say Wimbledon Correctly for Charity
The Wimbledon Tennis Championships ended Sunday, and with that the opportunity to make the common, albeit lazy, pronouncation error.
1010 WINS sportscaster Marc Ernay, as we reported at the start of the fortnight, has targeted broadcasters mispronouncing “Wimbledon” and has turned their reporting into a fundraiser for the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
Anyone who heard the mistakes, should simply use social media to alert the person. The individual would then, in turn, owe the charity $1 for each error.
“But none of them responded directly to me, so I have no idea if they’re actually sending in any money,” Ernay admits.
Plus, the sports anchor would have liked a larger “dragnet” on catching these “offenders.”
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