A media announcer mispronounced his name as PROASE, rather than PROOSE (rhymes with "moose"), a fact recalled by the [[NBC]] announcer, Bill Monroe.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2hANJXIV_N4C&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Fred+Preaus+of+Louisiana&source=bl&ots=cfUUEDQlo_&sig=8Lix8h_j--zHcgsf3x8d1N5_8Ds&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rS7gVOGcJYm7ggSIzYPoDw&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Fred%20Preaus%20of%20Louisiana&f=false|title=Writing News for Broadcast|publisher=[[Columbia University]] Press|location=[[New York City]]|author=Edward Bliss and James L. Hoyt|page=28|date=1994|isbn=0-231-07972-9|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref> | A media announcer mispronounced his name as PROASE, rather than PROOSE (rhymes with "moose"), a fact recalled by the [[NBC]] announcer, Bill Monroe.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2hANJXIV_N4C&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Fred+Preaus+of+Louisiana&source=bl&ots=cfUUEDQlo_&sig=8Lix8h_j--zHcgsf3x8d1N5_8Ds&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rS7gVOGcJYm7ggSIzYPoDw&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Fred%20Preaus%20of%20Louisiana&f=false|title=Writing News for Broadcast|publisher=[[Columbia University]] Press|location=[[New York City]]|author=Edward Bliss and James L. Hoyt|page=28|date=1994|isbn=0-231-07972-9|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref> |