‘Jeopardy!’ fans outraged after pronunciation ruling fouls up champion: ‘Jennings blows it again’
nypost.comFans were quick to react to the questionable ruling of the challenging prompt. “Jeopardy and ken Jennings blows it again … screwing Eamonn out of his answer ‘anesthesiologist’ ….unbelievable!!” one comment read.Another fan wrote, “Are you frikin kidding me?!!!
Eamonn Campbell doesn’t have a lisp… He just can’t seem to pronounce ‘anesthesiologist.’ Or maybe he just doesn’t know the word…”Other viewers disagreed with the outraged fans and argued pronunciation is very important.“Not really.
You could definitely discern his lack of the 1st ‘s’ in his pronunciation. He said ‘ana-theeze-iologist’ as opposed to ‘ana-steeze-iologist.’ Twice! @KenJennings def made the right call.”A “Jeopardy!” fan simply reacted and wrote, “Pronunciation matters.”This was not the first time viewers slammed a controversial ruling on the game show.
Earlier this year, a ruling on an episode of “Jeopardy!” had fans up in arms.During an episode of the game show, contestant Kelly Proulx buzzed in to answer a clue in the “Waterfalls” category.
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