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I might have gone with "crier" rather than "herald". That seems a little closer in terms of what the actual job consists of?

rbanffy 1y ago
"Screamer" would work as well. My Hungarian tells me "announcer" would be closer. It's literally someone who says the news.
- Sniffnoy 1y ago
  I've never heard of "screamer" in English for someone who tells the news?
  - rbanffy 1y ago
    This was before amplifiers were invented, so the announcer had to be very loud.
    - Sniffnoy 1y ago
      I'm aware of that, but the term I'm familiar with is "crier". I've never heard "screamer" used in that sense. Wiktionary doesn't list such a usage; contrast with "crier" for which it is listed. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/screamer https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/screamer https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crier https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crier
      - johnisgood 1y ago
        I do not intend to offend you as it is not really about you, just that people generally resort to dictionaries like no tomorrow, but read this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44845717 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44845717.
        Sniffnoy 1y ago
        To be clear, I'm trying to appeal here to actual usage, not to the dictionary per se. The dictionary is just evidence of such, since trying to directly present evidence of actual usage is not so easy without some good tools.
- antonvs 1y ago
  > “Screamer" would work as well. No it wouldn’t. A scream expresses extreme emotion or pain, it’s not just speaking loudly.
  - rbanffy 1y ago
    "Shouter"?
    - antonvs 1y ago
      The English connotations of that are about a person who is overly loud, it wouldn't typically be used to describe someone "Crier" is the closest if you're looking for a word along those lines, since it has historically been used in that way, although it's not a modern term. There's a reason "herald" comes up here, though - it's actually a pretty close fit. Your earlier suggestion of "announcer" works, though. "Reporter" might be even better, since it tends to imply a news context. You might say "telephone reporter" alone, for example, but you'd probably need to say "telephone news announcer" if you wanted to avoid it sounding like you were talking about someone who reads e.g. the time over the telephone.

rbanffy 1y ago

"Screamer" would work as well. My Hungarian tells me "announcer" would be closer. It's literally someone who says the news.

Sniffnoy 1y ago
I've never heard of "screamer" in English for someone who tells the news?
- rbanffy 1y ago
  This was before amplifiers were invented, so the announcer had to be very loud.
  - Sniffnoy 1y ago
    I'm aware of that, but the term I'm familiar with is "crier". I've never heard "screamer" used in that sense. Wiktionary doesn't list such a usage; contrast with "crier" for which it is listed. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/screamer https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/screamer https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crier https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crier
    - johnisgood 1y ago
      I do not intend to offend you as it is not really about you, just that people generally resort to dictionaries like no tomorrow, but read this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44845717 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44845717.
      - Sniffnoy 1y ago
        To be clear, I'm trying to appeal here to actual usage, not to the dictionary per se. The dictionary is just evidence of such, since trying to directly present evidence of actual usage is not so easy without some good tools.
antonvs 1y ago
> “Screamer" would work as well. No it wouldn’t. A scream expresses extreme emotion or pain, it’s not just speaking loudly.
- rbanffy 1y ago
  "Shouter"?
  - antonvs 1y ago
    The English connotations of that are about a person who is overly loud, it wouldn't typically be used to describe someone "Crier" is the closest if you're looking for a word along those lines, since it has historically been used in that way, although it's not a modern term. There's a reason "herald" comes up here, though - it's actually a pretty close fit. Your earlier suggestion of "announcer" works, though. "Reporter" might be even better, since it tends to imply a news context. You might say "telephone reporter" alone, for example, but you'd probably need to say "telephone news announcer" if you wanted to avoid it sounding like you were talking about someone who reads e.g. the time over the telephone.