[Ads-l] "Live recorded"

[Betty Birner]

Stephen Colbert is introduced each night as "live on tape," which -- although I know what they mean -- has always nonetheless struck me as an oxymoron.  (And am I supposed to believe tape is really involved these days?)

Betty




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From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On Behalf Of Laurence Horn
Sent: Sunday, May 8, 2022 7:52 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: "Live recorded"

Reminds me of the old notice on TV shows that were "Recorded before a live studio audience". Although in this case, it's doubtful that anyone would have suspected canned audience applause.  (Maybe they could throw in some mistimed canned applause between movements just for verisimilitude.)

LH

On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 6:38 PM Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Dan. I don't have a problem with the expression, just wondered 
> if there was an equivalent I was missing out on.
>
> Mark
>
> On Sun, May 8, 2022, 4:38 PM Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Like it or not, "live recorded" is the industry phrase used to 
> > contrast with "studio (recorded)", eg, a "live (recorded) album" v a 
> > "studio
> album".
> >
> > On Sun, May 8, 2022, 2:36 PM Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From the WRTI app, for radio station WRTI 90.1 in Philadelphia and 
> > > the surrounding area; the descriptive crawl under NOW PLAYING (and 
> > > still
> > there
> > > as I write this):
> > >
> > > The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert Join us on Sunday afternoons 
> > > to hear our very own "Fabulous
> > Philadelphians"
> > > in live recorded concerts from Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center.
> > >
> > > "Live recorded" is a preposed adjective phrase corresponding to
> "recorded
> > > live". But it looks like an oxymoron, which causes me to wonder if
> > there's
> > > any equivalent suitable for colloquial speech?
> > >
> > > Mark Mandel
> >
> >
>
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