Announcers saying MPH

[Dave Turner]

Originally Posted by WheelsUp

Is it just me, or does this bother other racers. Why do they have to keep saying MPH! After the first 30 or 40 times you have said MPH, we have caught on! We realize after you say the elasped time, you are refering to the MPH! They say it so often, I will hit my mute button after they say the elasped time. One more thing, Mike Dunn quit saying WOW!

It's "announcer speak"...listen to a football telecast, golf tournament coverage etc. They always refer to the projectile by it's full name, not simply as "the ball". I'm convinced that it's deemed necessary in case a rogue ball from another sport should infiltrate the playing field.

Thankfully in ice hockey, the biscuit is called the "puck" and cannot be misconstrued as anything else!