Interview on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” about the “old-timey diction” of Yankees announcer Bob Sheppard. (July 16, 2010)
Legendary announcer Bob Sheppard is being honored at Yankee Stadium today. We follow up on a particular quirk in his delivery. Ben Zimmer, writer of the “On Language” column in the NY Times Magazine, talks about Sheppard’s voice and why people spoke so differently way back when.
(Show page, streaming audio, download, related Word Routes column)