Some Radio Adverts

Those adverts that come on some radio stations where they talk so fast that its a job to keep up with. Do you see any point in having them on as they talk so fast you can never catch the details ie phone numbers etc.

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Its the dreadful standard of ad that winds me up.
The standard 50s housewife and her know all condescending husband type of voice.

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I regularly listen to LBC but to be honest the adverts drive me crazy and I turn them down, they are wasting their money who listens to them?

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Here in America the talk fast announcent where you can't understand a word they are saying is called the.. Desclaimer.. A way by which a company protects itself and at the same time confuses the buyer. In the end if a company is taken to court, the lawyer can debate the fact in open court, that the consumer was made aware of certain issues, though the consumer never had a clue

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Apparently they feel they are SAVING money by speaking so quickly, what with the price-per-second the radio station charges.

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What puzzles me a little bit is the amount of Scottish people doing the adverts[and I haven't got anything against the Scots.] Just wondering really.

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I detest ads. Radio 4 is the only radio station to which I listen.

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I hear them but it doesnt stay in my brain theyre just gobbledegook in the background..