How do you say Gelsenkirchen?
After England’s opening Euro 2024 match, Scott turned his attention to Gelsenkirchen.
The German city had suddenly become familiar to football supporters, Taylor Swift fans and broadcasters repeatedly attempting to pronounce its name.
Scott played a collection of efforts from BBC presenters and newsreaders before asking actual German speakers to send voice notes with the correct pronunciation.
The advice was to say it quickly and confidently rather than break the word into several uncertain sections.
Father’s Day replies
Scott examined the most common responses fathers had sent after receiving Father’s Day messages.
One particular emoji appeared far more often than any other, prompting listeners to compare their own fathers’ brief, practical and sometimes baffling replies.
The Birthday Game: Claire
Claire from Bournemouth turned 38 and worked as a mobile beauty therapist.
She described herself as a Birthday Game obsessive who sometimes rewound the programme during appointments to check which song a contestant had chosen.
Her husband Andrew had nominated her and was treating the appearance as a birthday present.
Claire wanted 1990s pop, Steps, Spice Girls, Westlife, Boyzone or a football song.
Her first spin was Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds’ Three Lions.
She initially threatened to reject it because she preferred the Lionesses and doubted football was coming home.
After Scott challenged the logic of asking for a football song and then gambling past one, Claire kept it.
Her unused alternatives were the Police’s Every Breath You Take and Nelly Furtado’s Maneater.
Claire decided Three Lions was the best of the three.
The Music Police
Scott opened a new case and asked listeners to examine another fragment with very little supporting information.
Handover
Scott handed over to Sara Cox after one final attempt at saying Gelsenkirchen correctly.
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