the.com/announcer
Paid to say what everyone can already see, but louder and with better vocabulary.
means Someone whose job is to speak the words that describe an event aloud, usually to a crowd or over a broadcast, as it's happening.
from Traces back to Latin 'nuntiare,' to bring news or report, built from 'nuntius,' meaning messenger. Passed through French 'annoncer' before settling into English as 'announce,' with '-er' tacked on to name the person who does it — a direct descendant of the ancient job of running into town to shout that something has happened.
- etymology
- from announce, from Latin nuntiare, to bring news
- sports skill
- narrate chaos in real time without drawing breath
- booth secret
- many call games muted, watching monitors not the field
- iconic voice
- Don LaFontaine did over 5000 movie trailers