Grrrr the young Apprectices cannot pronounce Candalabrum properly and it's making my teeth itch

[pigletmania]

Its Candal ahh brum you fools

[pigletmania]

If I hear the mispronunciation again I am going to spontaneounly combust

[WhenShallWeThreeKingsMeetAgain]

And, when talking about the Coliseum, they did not know what/who a tenor was.

[pointythings]

I think this is very sad - at age 16/17 I most certainly would have known what this was and where to get one. That might have been because I read a lot of Georgette Heyer, though and because I was a complete and utter swot.

I asked my 9yo after the trailer aired what a candelabrum was. She knew, so did my 11yo. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

[pointythings]

ThreeKings - obviously it's a £10 note!!!!

[pigletmania]

I know, I am sure I knew what it was when I was that age, used to play cluedo when I was younger

[Jinsei]

They were stunningly ignorant weren't they. And some very comments on the difference between managing men and women.

[MrsBucketxx]

cant stand the programme, if these are the future of business god help us all.

[pigletmania]

My flabber is gasted, their common sense and general knowledge need some work

[pointythings]

And what is worse, the adult ones aren't any better. Remember the ones who thought Christopher Columbus was British???

[JamieandtheMagicTorch]

thank goodness the angry young lady went. I hope she takes a long hard look at her communication style.

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

I have to confess I learned something new tonight. I had to Google candleabrum. I know what a candelabra is but I had no idea that was actually the plural.

[pigletmania]

When Alan Sugar explained they looked even more nonplussed. Oh dear it'sall going

[DownTheRabidHole]

I was more peturbed by the possibility that Suzuki "sounds German".

How can you not know a make (or 2, or 3 or more) of German car?

[pigletmania]

I know Down its really sad. The ther team knew what a candelabra was though, just that particular team was really dense

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes]

I know what a candelabra is having grown up watching The Generation Game every Saturday night.

By the time Ds was about 5 he knew what countries all the various makes of cars come from.

[WMittens]

It's pretty sad that people in this thread are bemoaning teenagers' lack of knowledge, yet talking about "a candelabra".

[CajaDeLaMemoria]

Isn't candelabra the plural?

The fact that out of ten of them none knew what a votive or a candelabra was disappointed me. I know one team found out over the phone, and did manage to get one, but it was fluke.

I think they must deliberately pick people who are abrasive and bad at business. Some of David's views on management were shocking, Amy would never get anywhere in a business environment with an attitude like that and the other team continuously complained about their project leader for no reason.

I'm shocked no-one got everything. And Suzuki as a German car and Volvo as a Swiss did make me laugh.

[CajaDeLaMemoria]

I've just done it as well. I meant or a candelabrum

[ReadySteadyDrink]

Grrrr the OP cannot spell candelabrum properly and it's making my teeth itch...

I won't mention the "apprentices" typo...

[pigletmania]

It's the way they tried to pronounce it, I felt like shouting to my tv stop saying it