Podbit · Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe
Rob and Josh attempt two small business shout outs and discover both names are effectively unsayable on radio. The Fauve Palette — an art workshop business — requires French pronunciation Rob cannot produce. Three Nines Training's URL baffles everyone. Rob diplomatically suggests they both 'tidy up' their branding.
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Rob and Josh end the episode with the small business shout out slot. First up is The Fauve Palette — a children's and adults' art workshop business run by a qualified art teacher from Merton Abbey Mills Market — whose French-derived name Rob, dyslexic and not a French speaker, cannot produce correctly despite four attempts. Second is Three Nines Training — a first aid and fire safety company run by a serving firefighter whose URL (threeninestaining.co.uk) causes its own confusion on audio. Rob diplomatically observes that both businesses could benefit from a branding tidy-up, before the hosts sign off on what becomes a protracted goodbye as Rob keeps mispronouncing 'fauve' in progressively more inventive ways.
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