Oh Lord, won't you buy me...

....a Mercedes-Benz and a big fat gun. Because all newscasters on Malaysian radio should be shot. Isn't it funny how whenever the news comes on radio it always sounds like some indistinguishable babble that drones on in the background, that is until a mispronnounciation (or several) turns the indistinguishable babble into jarring noise. Isn't there some kind of spoken-English prerequisite for newscasters? Shouldn't they, before they step up to mic know that mediocre is not "media-core" , loot is not "lewd" and coup is not "coop"?

"Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has successfully prevented a coop on her government." has very different connotations..I see enraged opposition supporters rushing towards the presedential palace with chicken wire, waiting for the right moment to coop them in. Scary. Although I do enjoy a bit of Animal Farm with my politics...oh, but wait, that's a given.