I nearly posted an excerpt from an Independent article but after rereading it decided the only illiterate part was me.
What a buffoon !
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"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
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Snowfire;1482873 wrote: I nearly posted an excerpt from an Independent article but after rereading it decided the only illiterate part was me.
What a buffoon !
You and me too.
I still don't get Lars 'little larger than anticipated' versus 'a little larger than anticipated' ...................but am too shy to ask.
What a buffoon !
You and me too.
I still don't get Lars 'little larger than anticipated' versus 'a little larger than anticipated' ...................but am too shy to ask.
I thought I knew more than this until I opened my mouth
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"Little larger than anticipated" is congratulatory - aren't we good with our initial estimate, the actual figure is little larger than anticipated, the final bill has gone up by a mere 3%.
"A little larger than anticipated" is apologetic - our initial estimate was too small, the actual figure is a little larger than anticipated. The Channel Tunnel estimate, the Second Severn Crossing, the Humber Bridge, the Iraq war... the final bill is ten times what we announced in Parliament when seeking approval.
"A little larger than anticipated" is apologetic - our initial estimate was too small, the actual figure is a little larger than anticipated. The Channel Tunnel estimate, the Second Severn Crossing, the Humber Bridge, the Iraq war... the final bill is ten times what we announced in Parliament when seeking approval.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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I am sure there is a crude joke in there somewhere.
But if that is how subtle the English language is,no wonder there is so much misunderstanding in the world.
But if that is how subtle the English language is,no wonder there is so much misunderstanding in the world.
I thought I knew more than this until I opened my mouth
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Last thing we'd want, all those Foreign Johnnies understanding what we say to each other.
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3154
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3154
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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It's not only the wording that changes the meaning in English (and quite possibly in other languages as ell), but the emphasis on certain words. For instance (and you may have already seen this before, but it's still a good example), read the following sentence over & over again, putting emphasis on each word in turn each time you read it:
I never said she stole my money!
I never said she stole my money!
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FourPart;1483129 wrote:
I never said she stole my money!
Extraordinary. Seven different ways of saying the same sentence.
You can't really write it any differently to show its intended meaning. Or can you ?
I never said she stole my money!
Extraordinary. Seven different ways of saying the same sentence.
You can't really write it any differently to show its intended meaning. Or can you ?
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
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Snowfire;1483137 wrote: Extraordinary. Seven different ways of saying the same sentence.
You can't really write it any differently to show its intended meaning. Or can you ?
It was not I who said she stole my money.
I have never said she stole my money.
I never actually said she stole my money.
I never said it was she who stole my money.
I never said she took my money illegally.
I never said the money she stole was mine.
I never said what she stole from me was money.
You can't really write it any differently to show its intended meaning. Or can you ?
It was not I who said she stole my money.
I have never said she stole my money.
I never actually said she stole my money.
I never said it was she who stole my money.
I never said she took my money illegally.
I never said the money she stole was mine.
I never said what she stole from me was money.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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spot;1483141 wrote: It was not I who said she stole my money.
I have never said she stole my money.
I never actually said she stole my money.
I never said it was she who stole my money.
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I never said she took my money illegally.
I never said the money she stole was mine.
I never said what she stole from me was money.
Sure but what I didn't put clearly was that, that sentence, when using those seven words in that order, can mean seven different things and only the writer can possibly know what it's intention is. No amount of punctuation helps. The spoken word, however would make it very clear.
I have never said she stole my money.
I never actually said she stole my money.
I never said it was she who stole my money.
N
I never said she took my money illegally.
I never said the money she stole was mine.
I never said what she stole from me was money.
Sure but what I didn't put clearly was that, that sentence, when using those seven words in that order, can mean seven different things and only the writer can possibly know what it's intention is. No amount of punctuation helps. The spoken word, however would make it very clear.
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
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Snowfire;1483147 wrote: Sure but what I didn't put clearly was that, that sentence, when using those seven words in that order, can mean seven different things and only the writer can possibly know what it's intention is. No amount of punctuation helps. The spoken word, however would make it very clear.
Ever since the 18th century, any reader would immediately know the intended written meaning if one word were italicized. That was the convention then and it still works.
Ever since the 18th century, any reader would immediately know the intended written meaning if one word were italicized. That was the convention then and it still works.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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How can they do this?
"There has been a rare opportunity to witness a unique lunar event"
Striking images of 'blue moon' from around the world - BBC News
Come on. Nobody could think that's acceptable English. Primary school children would mock.
Blue moons are built into the structure of the calendar, they're a statistical inevitability, you can't go three years without having one, they're never, ever, under any circumstances, unique, and they look no different to all the other full moons that happen every month.
"There has been a rare opportunity to witness a unique lunar event"
Striking images of 'blue moon' from around the world - BBC News
Come on. Nobody could think that's acceptable English. Primary school children would mock.
Blue moons are built into the structure of the calendar, they're a statistical inevitability, you can't go three years without having one, they're never, ever, under any circumstances, unique, and they look no different to all the other full moons that happen every month.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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Snowfire;1483137 wrote: Extraordinary. Seven different ways of saying the same sentence.
You can't really write it any differently to show its intended meaning. Or can you ?
Only by putting the words in italics, but that's got nothing to do with grammar.
You can't really write it any differently to show its intended meaning. Or can you ?
Only by putting the words in italics, but that's got nothing to do with grammar.
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This is an intolerably misleading link, given the circumstances and the argument over the purpose of the £3m government grant... Kids Company donor 'withdrew £3m'.
The entire point of the story is that the donor *didn't* withdraw £3m, and the confusion between that £3m and the government £3m which *was* withdrawn is outrageous.
The charity appears to have been totally stitched up, and this BBC link is nothing less than an implied slur of criminality and depends for its excuse on the two discrete meanings of the word "withdrew", one a banking term and the other "stepped back from". It's a shameful manipulation of the story by the BBC.
The entire point of the story is that the donor *didn't* withdraw £3m, and the confusion between that £3m and the government £3m which *was* withdrawn is outrageous.
The charity appears to have been totally stitched up, and this BBC link is nothing less than an implied slur of criminality and depends for its excuse on the two discrete meanings of the word "withdrew", one a banking term and the other "stepped back from". It's a shameful manipulation of the story by the BBC.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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I don't know the ins and outs of the story.............but trust me that Camila Batmanghelidjh is a bit iffy, have no idea why have come to that conclusion, she just doesn't look right.
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She merely looks exotic. I'd trust her with my money.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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spot;1483869 wrote: She merely looks exotic. I'd trust her with my money.
Yes I would trust her with your money too.
Yes I would trust her with your money too.
I thought I knew more than this until I opened my mouth
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Not a link - it's from a news item. I don't know what it means. I have no idea at all. It appears to be entirely lacking in any form of coherent information.Carphone Warehouse customer Kerri, from Petersfield, in Hampshire, said she believed her email address had been hacked
Carphone Warehouse customer data breach investigated - BBC News
Someone help me out. What on earth does "her email address had been hacked" mean?
It can't possibly mean "her email account had been hacked", which I could just about countenance through gritted teeth and common usage, or it would have said so. How does one "hack" an email address?
Carphone Warehouse customer data breach investigated - BBC News
Someone help me out. What on earth does "her email address had been hacked" mean?
It can't possibly mean "her email account had been hacked", which I could just about countenance through gritted teeth and common usage, or it would have said so. How does one "hack" an email address?
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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I do not understand the meaning of the word "lands" in this context. Perhaps someone would explain how a dead - and therefore passive - person can "land" anything.. Every use of the verb "to land" that I know of requires action on the part of the person doing the landing. The sole reason her album is "number one" is that Cilla became incapable of landing anything.
Cilla lands number one album day after funeral - BBC News
Cilla lands number one album day after funeral - BBC News
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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spot;1483975 wrote: Not a link - it's from a news item. I don't know what it means. I have no idea at all. It appears to be entirely lacking in any form of coherent information.Carphone Warehouse customer Kerri, from Petersfield, in Hampshire, said she believed her email address had been hacked
Carphone Warehouse customer data breach investigated - BBC News
Someone help me out. What on earth does "her email address had been hacked" mean?
It can't possibly mean "her email account had been hacked", which I could just about countenance through gritted teeth and common usage, or it would have said so. How does one "hack" an email address?
The nonsensical, or at best, ambiguous headlines and 'reportage' the BBC now dish out as regular fare are, IMO, a damning indictment of the education standards pertaining currently in the UK as a whole, I'm afraid. We either drive up the standard of education, or accept this 'dumbing-down' of literacy standards as the 'new norm'.
Frustrating.
Carphone Warehouse customer data breach investigated - BBC News
Someone help me out. What on earth does "her email address had been hacked" mean?
It can't possibly mean "her email account had been hacked", which I could just about countenance through gritted teeth and common usage, or it would have said so. How does one "hack" an email address?
The nonsensical, or at best, ambiguous headlines and 'reportage' the BBC now dish out as regular fare are, IMO, a damning indictment of the education standards pertaining currently in the UK as a whole, I'm afraid. We either drive up the standard of education, or accept this 'dumbing-down' of literacy standards as the 'new norm'.
Frustrating.
" To finish first, first you have to finish!" Rick Mears. 4x Winner Indy 500. 3x Indycar National Champion.
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Smaug;1484650 wrote: The nonsensical, or at best, ambiguous headlines and 'reportage' the BBC now dish out as regular fare are, IMO, a damning indictment of the education standards pertaining currently in the UK as a whole, I'm afraid. We either drive up the standard
of education, or accept this 'dumbing-down' of literacy standards as the 'new norm'.
Frustrating.
And with it an inevitable decline into third world status.
of education, or accept this 'dumbing-down' of literacy standards as the 'new norm'.
Frustrating.
And with it an inevitable decline into third world status.
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Bryn Mawr;1484651 wrote: And with it an inevitable decline into third world status.
Indeed. It's ridiculous that we are in this position. I blame years of mis-management, corruption, petty greed,empire-building, and 'cronyism' in a great many areas of 'the establishment'.
Time for a 'sea-change' in outlook, before it's too late!
Indeed. It's ridiculous that we are in this position. I blame years of mis-management, corruption, petty greed,empire-building, and 'cronyism' in a great many areas of 'the establishment'.
Time for a 'sea-change' in outlook, before it's too late!
" To finish first, first you have to finish!" Rick Mears. 4x Winner Indy 500. 3x Indycar National Champion.
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Gordon Bennett... how can a professional organization like the BBC employ staff of such a low calibre...The lawyer of Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit US podcast Serial, has submitted new evidence that he says casts doubt on his client's case.
Serial: Adnan Syed lawyer finds evidence 'questioning case' - BBC News
Seriously, BBC. Believe me. That sentence means the absolute complete opposite of what you're trying to say. "Verdict", if you like, but not under any circumstances "case". "The prosecution's case", if you prefer, but absolutely not "his client's case".
Serial: Adnan Syed lawyer finds evidence 'questioning case' - BBC News
Seriously, BBC. Believe me. That sentence means the absolute complete opposite of what you're trying to say. "Verdict", if you like, but not under any circumstances "case". "The prosecution's case", if you prefer, but absolutely not "his client's case".
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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Dear BBC,
The spelling of Minuscule is unarguable. It is not Miniscule. Miniscule is a spelling error, plain and simple. It just happens to be a very common spelling error.
Please don't get it wrong in future. Spelling matters.
Minuscule or miniscule? - Oxford Dictionaries
Tiny trackers could help solve global bee death mystery - BBC News
The spelling of Minuscule is unarguable. It is not Miniscule. Miniscule is a spelling error, plain and simple. It just happens to be a very common spelling error.
Please don't get it wrong in future. Spelling matters.
Minuscule or miniscule? - Oxford Dictionaries
Tiny trackers could help solve global bee death mystery - BBC News
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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Sometimes I have to blink before I can believe what I'm seeing.
Google reveals new logo for mobile world - BBC News
"The updated logo drops the san serif style of the earlier incarnation"?
What?
No, you pig-ignorant twerp, the updated logo drops the serif style of the earlier incarnation. Just look at it!
And that passed editorial inspection, right the way out to full visibility on the public website?
eta: the website has been corrected and now says The updated logo drops the "serif" style of the earlier incarnation.
Google reveals new logo for mobile world - BBC News
"The updated logo drops the san serif style of the earlier incarnation"?
What?
No, you pig-ignorant twerp, the updated logo drops the serif style of the earlier incarnation. Just look at it!
And that passed editorial inspection, right the way out to full visibility on the public website?
eta: the website has been corrected and now says The updated logo drops the "serif" style of the earlier incarnation.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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spot;1485431 wrote:
eta: the website has been corrected and now says The updated logo drops the "serif" style of the earlier incarnation.
Google is clearly a frequent, guest lurker of FG and this thread in particular.
eta: the website has been corrected and now says The updated logo drops the "serif" style of the earlier incarnation.
Google is clearly a frequent, guest lurker of FG and this thread in particular.
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
Winston Churchill
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No no no BBC, the judges did not diagnose the officials as suffering from "mixed sexual orientation with gender identity", he merely said they had confused the two distinct topics while making their assessment. You cannot write with such deliberate ambiguity, it isn't amusing. You're meant to be a news site, not Private Eye.
They said US immigration officials who wanted to deport her had mixed sexual orientation with gender identity.
Transgender ruling: US court opposes Mexican's deportation - BBC News
They said US immigration officials who wanted to deport her had mixed sexual orientation with gender identity.
Transgender ruling: US court opposes Mexican's deportation - BBC News
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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This is just plain lying disinformation.
BBC link text: "'West must beat China to Mars'". That's the BBC's direct-speech quotation marks, linking to an interview of Buzz Aldrin, and I happen to have seen that interview. Mr Aldrin said nothing of the sort - asked why we need to go to Mars Mr Aldrin replied "We don't. We could watch the Chinese get there and we can watch the Russians, and leave the Western world in the decline, and I don't really think anyone wants to see that".
How on earth does the BBC translate what was actually said into this screaming xenophobic Daily-Mail-style tabloid "'West must beat China to Mars'"? It's a grotesque distortion of the content of the interview.
I am justifiably appalled at the utter lack of honesty in that link. The BBC's standards are at rock-bottom.
BBC link text: "'West must beat China to Mars'". That's the BBC's direct-speech quotation marks, linking to an interview of Buzz Aldrin, and I happen to have seen that interview. Mr Aldrin said nothing of the sort - asked why we need to go to Mars Mr Aldrin replied "We don't. We could watch the Chinese get there and we can watch the Russians, and leave the Western world in the decline, and I don't really think anyone wants to see that".
How on earth does the BBC translate what was actually said into this screaming xenophobic Daily-Mail-style tabloid "'West must beat China to Mars'"? It's a grotesque distortion of the content of the interview.
I am justifiably appalled at the utter lack of honesty in that link. The BBC's standards are at rock-bottom.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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spot;1486313 wrote: This is just plain lying disinformation.
BBC link text: "'West must beat China to Mars'". That's the BBC's direct-speech quotation marks, linking to an interview of Buzz Aldrin, and I happen to have seen that interview. Mr Aldrin said nothing of the sort - asked why we need to go to Mars Mr Aldrin replied "We don't. We could watch the Chinese get there and we can watch the Russians, and leave the Western world in the decline, and I don't really think anyone wants to see that".
How on earth does the BBC translate what was actually said into this screaming xenophobic Daily-Mail-style tabloid "'West must beat China to Mars'"? It's a grotesque distortion of the content of the interview.
I am justifiably appalled at the utter lack of honesty in that link. The BBC's standards are at rock-bottom.
They must compete with Murdoch
BBC link text: "'West must beat China to Mars'". That's the BBC's direct-speech quotation marks, linking to an interview of Buzz Aldrin, and I happen to have seen that interview. Mr Aldrin said nothing of the sort - asked why we need to go to Mars Mr Aldrin replied "We don't. We could watch the Chinese get there and we can watch the Russians, and leave the Western world in the decline, and I don't really think anyone wants to see that".
How on earth does the BBC translate what was actually said into this screaming xenophobic Daily-Mail-style tabloid "'West must beat China to Mars'"? It's a grotesque distortion of the content of the interview.
I am justifiably appalled at the utter lack of honesty in that link. The BBC's standards are at rock-bottom.
They must compete with Murdoch
The home of the soul is the Open Road.
- DH Lawrence
- DH Lawrence
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"They are mesmorising," says Culshaw.
No, Mr Kerley, that's not what Mr Culshaw said.
We do not commemorate Franz Mesmor in the word, we commemorate Franz Mesmer.
Mr Culshaw said they are mesmerising.
Beauty beyond - winning astronomy photography - BBC News
No, Mr Kerley, that's not what Mr Culshaw said.
We do not commemorate Franz Mesmor in the word, we commemorate Franz Mesmer.
Mr Culshaw said they are mesmerising.
Beauty beyond - winning astronomy photography - BBC News
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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I couldn't agree more. Interpretive para-phrasing should never be presented as a quote.
From its initial establishment, the BBC has been the Zenith of Broadcasting Standards - that by which the rest of the world would calibrate its own performance standards. In the past few years, however, it has sunk, and continues to sink to a new low, yet we are still obliged, by law, to fund it by way of the TV Licence (whether you have a TV or not, because if you have access to the Internet you have the ability to watch live television transmissions - even if only on a Smart Phone). I have always believed this to be a disgrace. It is, in my opinion, an illegal Monopoly. The BBC is NOT a public service - it is a Profit-Making Corporation. The difference is that if it were any other Government run utility, the franchise would have been put out for tender long ago, and going by their declining standards, they probably wouldn't stand a chance of keeping it.
From its initial establishment, the BBC has been the Zenith of Broadcasting Standards - that by which the rest of the world would calibrate its own performance standards. In the past few years, however, it has sunk, and continues to sink to a new low, yet we are still obliged, by law, to fund it by way of the TV Licence (whether you have a TV or not, because if you have access to the Internet you have the ability to watch live television transmissions - even if only on a Smart Phone). I have always believed this to be a disgrace. It is, in my opinion, an illegal Monopoly. The BBC is NOT a public service - it is a Profit-Making Corporation. The difference is that if it were any other Government run utility, the franchise would have been put out for tender long ago, and going by their declining standards, they probably wouldn't stand a chance of keeping it.
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Totally agree with you both. As we drain the cup of declining literacy standards, do we not fear that worse lies amongst the dregs? I know I do!
How long until they read the news in 'txt', innit m8? Arrrgghhh!!!!
How long until they read the news in 'txt', innit m8? Arrrgghhh!!!!
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What amazing astronomy photographs, spot, thank you so much for posting them on here - they gave me a lot of pleasure ! Mr. Culshaw is quite correct when he says they are mesmerising !
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Oh for goodness' sake, BBC!
"Anglo-Saxon house to be pulled down"
Cobblers, you demented pack of sensation-seekers. That building dates from 1974! It is not an Anglo-Saxon house, it never was an Anglo-Saxon house, it is what we in the trade call a REPLICA.
You are cheating, BBC. Your links are deliberately sensationalist, misleading and untrue. You are no different from the Sun, the Mail, the Mirror or the Express in this regard.
React! Recant! Reform!
"Anglo-Saxon house to be pulled down"
Cobblers, you demented pack of sensation-seekers. That building dates from 1974! It is not an Anglo-Saxon house, it never was an Anglo-Saxon house, it is what we in the trade call a REPLICA.
You are cheating, BBC. Your links are deliberately sensationalist, misleading and untrue. You are no different from the Sun, the Mail, the Mirror or the Express in this regard.
React! Recant! Reform!
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"Banned drugs found in 3,000 samples", apparently. That's the link text from the RSS feed.
Samples of what, you dorks.
Horse-meat? Coca-Cola? Fettuccine imports? Gucci cashmere? London sewage? Farm diesel? Red Cross blood donations? Colorectal screening DNA?
Samples of what, you dorks.
Horse-meat? Coca-Cola? Fettuccine imports? Gucci cashmere? London sewage? Farm diesel? Red Cross blood donations? Colorectal screening DNA?
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Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
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spot;1487296 wrote: "Banned drugs found in 3,000 samples", apparently. That's the link text from the RSS feed.
Samples of what, you dorks.
Horse-meat? Coca-Cola? Fettuccine imports? Gucci cashmere? London sewage? Farm diesel? Red Cross blood donations? Colorectal screening DNA?
You have to have ..........context.....was it on the Sports page ?
Samples of what, you dorks.
Horse-meat? Coca-Cola? Fettuccine imports? Gucci cashmere? London sewage? Farm diesel? Red Cross blood donations? Colorectal screening DNA?
You have to have ..........context.....was it on the Sports page ?
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spot;1487296 wrote: "Banned drugs found in 3,000 samples", apparently. That's the link text from the RSS feed.
Samples of what, you dorks.
Horse-meat? Coca-Cola? Fettuccine imports? Gucci cashmere? London sewage? Farm diesel? Red Cross blood donations? Colorectal screening DNA?
Must be the 'Ministry of Disinformation' at work again...
Samples of what, you dorks.
Horse-meat? Coca-Cola? Fettuccine imports? Gucci cashmere? London sewage? Farm diesel? Red Cross blood donations? Colorectal screening DNA?
Must be the 'Ministry of Disinformation' at work again...
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Bruv;1487299 wrote: You have to have ..........context.....was it on the Sports page ?
One can only discover that by clicking the link, there's no clue beforehand, no context whatever. It is a completely context-free link.
One can only discover that by clicking the link, there's no clue beforehand, no context whatever. It is a completely context-free link.
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
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"US concerned over Middle East violence"?
Seriously?
That's a BBC news link?
It's as believable as "Germaine Greer proclaims Jack the Ripper a feminist icon".
How about "US entirely responsible for Middle East violence" instead.
Seriously?
That's a BBC news link?
It's as believable as "Germaine Greer proclaims Jack the Ripper a feminist icon".
How about "US entirely responsible for Middle East violence" instead.
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
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spot;1487474 wrote: "US concerned over Middle East violence"?
Seriously?
That's a BBC news link?
It's as believable as "Germaine Greer proclaims Jack the Ripper a feminist icon".
How about "US entirely responsible for Middle East violence" instead.
Oh, No. You're not gonna hang ALL of this on us. We may have stirred up the nest with our recent escapades, but them hornets been churning ever since you guys left the place in such a mess after the Ottomans collapsed.
Seriously?
That's a BBC news link?
It's as believable as "Germaine Greer proclaims Jack the Ripper a feminist icon".
How about "US entirely responsible for Middle East violence" instead.
Oh, No. You're not gonna hang ALL of this on us. We may have stirred up the nest with our recent escapades, but them hornets been churning ever since you guys left the place in such a mess after the Ottomans collapsed.
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- DH Lawrence
- DH Lawrence
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LarsMac;1487477 wrote: them hornets been churning ever since you guys left the place in such a mess after the Ottomans collapsed.Enough with the passive voice - they didn't just collapse on their own, you know. We British removed the Ottomans from power, and not before time either. The Sublime Porte had been a piratical blot on the Mediterranean landscape since the Middle Ages.
We could compromise by saying "US involved in Middle East violence"? - it removes the paternalist implication of oooh none of it was little old USA but they do think you Middle Easterners are behaving badly which screams out of the actual BBC link.
We could compromise by saying "US involved in Middle East violence"? - it removes the paternalist implication of oooh none of it was little old USA but they do think you Middle Easterners are behaving badly which screams out of the actual BBC link.
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spot;1487485 wrote: We British removed the Ottomans from power, and not before time either.
What ????
So it's OK for the Brits then ?
What ????
So it's OK for the Brits then ?
I thought I knew more than this until I opened my mouth
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Bruv;1487488 wrote: What ????
So it's OK for the Brits then ?
It has a context. World War One. The Ottoman Empire, you'll remember, had joined the Axis Powers and lost the war. An internal movement led by Ataturk overthrew the Ottomans from within Turkey and established a new secular republic over the ruins of the collapsed government.
I'm all in favour of any country determining its own destiny through an internal political process. I object to so-called regime change by foreign destabilization. The UK didn't order the Ottoman Empire to fight alongside its traditional enemy, the Austro-Hungarian Empire - that was just a poor decision by the Porte and brought about its downfall. The internal Turkish rebellion which brought it down was fallout from losing the war, not British interference in the internal affairs of a Middle Eastern State.
So it's OK for the Brits then ?
It has a context. World War One. The Ottoman Empire, you'll remember, had joined the Axis Powers and lost the war. An internal movement led by Ataturk overthrew the Ottomans from within Turkey and established a new secular republic over the ruins of the collapsed government.
I'm all in favour of any country determining its own destiny through an internal political process. I object to so-called regime change by foreign destabilization. The UK didn't order the Ottoman Empire to fight alongside its traditional enemy, the Austro-Hungarian Empire - that was just a poor decision by the Porte and brought about its downfall. The internal Turkish rebellion which brought it down was fallout from losing the war, not British interference in the internal affairs of a Middle Eastern State.
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BBC link text: "Warring foxes take top photo prize".
That can only have been deliberate.
Any man who would make such an execrable pun would not scruple to pick my pocket.
That can only have been deliberate.
Any man who would make such an execrable pun would not scruple to pick my pocket.
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Amongst the appalling headlines there are some very clever ones. My favourite is a Sun, football headline from some years ago when Celtic lost to lowly Caledonian Thistle in the Scottich cup.
Super Caley Go Ballistic Celtic Are Atrocious.
Super Caley Go Ballistic Celtic Are Atrocious.
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
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A drone smashed a window after crashing into the Wallace Monument in Stirling, it has emerged.
[...] Officers said the incident was an example of the risks of flying drones in crowded or built-up areas.
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What?
"Built-up area"?
"Crowds"?
This is the Wallace Monument we're discussing! It's in the most isolated part of the United Kingdom and in mid-October at 4.30pm it is practically deserted.
What does it take to get a thought-out comment from police officers instead of knee-jerk twaddle.
[...] Officers said the incident was an example of the risks of flying drones in crowded or built-up areas.
Drone crashes into Wallace Monument - BBC News
What?
"Built-up area"?
"Crowds"?
This is the Wallace Monument we're discussing! It's in the most isolated part of the United Kingdom and in mid-October at 4.30pm it is practically deserted.
What does it take to get a thought-out comment from police officers instead of knee-jerk twaddle.
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No,no,no Spot.
The police statement didn't say the Monument was in a built up area or that there were crowds around it, it said that the incident showed that the ban on flying drones in towns as a precaution against such events occurring amongst people is wise
The police statement didn't say the Monument was in a built up area or that there were crowds around it, it said that the incident showed that the ban on flying drones in towns as a precaution against such events occurring amongst people is wise
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I suspect that Mr. spot is just trying to find fault wherever he can ! Mind you I don't think he needs to look too far, do you ?
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Bruv;1487625 wrote: No,no,no Spot.
The police statement didn't say the Monument was in a built up area or that there were crowds around it, it said that the incident showed that the ban on flying drones in towns as a precaution against such events occurring amongst people is wise
You missed the word "example".
The police statement didn't say the Monument was in a built up area or that there were crowds around it, it said that the incident showed that the ban on flying drones in towns as a precaution against such events occurring amongst people is wise
You missed the word "example".
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spot;1487650 wrote: You missed the word "example".
Well.........I am in good company sharing your critique with the mighty BBC.
Well.........I am in good company sharing your critique with the mighty BBC.
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Bruv;1487660 wrote: Well.........I am in good company sharing your critique with the mighty BBC.
No no - you fail to adequately comprehend. The police claim this specific event as "an example of the risks of flying drones in crowded or built-up areas", which by virtue of its location it blatantly cannot be. It is like - I invent the following scenario, you understand - "the mugging of this hill-walker in the wilds of the Caledonian Forest, five miles from the nearest habitation and on a day when nobody in their right mind would be on the hills unless they were a sheep in the most robust health and condition, is an example to pedestrians not to walk through New Cross on a Saturday at 3am when the clubs are closing".
No no - you fail to adequately comprehend. The police claim this specific event as "an example of the risks of flying drones in crowded or built-up areas", which by virtue of its location it blatantly cannot be. It is like - I invent the following scenario, you understand - "the mugging of this hill-walker in the wilds of the Caledonian Forest, five miles from the nearest habitation and on a day when nobody in their right mind would be on the hills unless they were a sheep in the most robust health and condition, is an example to pedestrians not to walk through New Cross on a Saturday at 3am when the clubs are closing".
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.