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 YT  Oxford 23 Jun 22 8.06pm |
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Originally posted by Matov
A horrendous case today of a Nigerian couple being charged with human smuggling with regards to bringing a kid in for the purposes of organ harvesting. With the BBC, using your money, to very kindly translate it into this version of English. LOL. Worth the licence fee alone... WTF!?
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| silvertop Portishead 24 Jun 22 12.38pm |
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Originally posted by YT
WTF!? I genuinely don't get your issue with this. Please elaborate.
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Slimey Toad  Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 24 Jun 22 12.48pm |
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Originally posted by Matov
A horrendous case today of a Nigerian couple being charged with human smuggling with regards to bringing a kid in for the purposes of organ harvesting. With the BBC, using your money, to very kindly translate it into this version of English. LOL. Worth the licence fee alone... Can I be flippant and share this hilarious Jamaican version (geddit?) of Dr Who?
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| W12 24 Jun 22 12.49pm | |
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Originally posted by silvertop
I genuinely don't get your issue with this. Please elaborate. WTF!?
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| Slimey Toad Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 24 Jun 22 12.53pm |
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Originally posted by silvertop
I genuinely don't get your issue with this. Please elaborate. Is Pidgeon English a recognized language?
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| Stirlingsays 24 Jun 22 12.53pm |
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Originally posted by silvertop
I genuinely don't get your issue with this. Please elaborate. It's mani ain ridiculous karamapim tok wanpela example of idiocracy.
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croydon proud  Any european country i fancy! 24 Jun 22 2.23pm |
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Originally posted by The Dolphin
I believe that Mick Lynch of the RMT is being given a platform on Question Time tonight. Well they had a CONservative liar on- he actually called her out on something and she had nowhere to hide!
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| Stirlingsays 24 Jun 22 3.20pm |
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Originally posted by silvertop
No it is not. It is the way a lot of people who may have an interest in this article speak. Remember, outside your parochial, right wing prejudice, the world largely trusts the BBC; and this will be downloaded in Nigeria where the media are less trusted. And they have the choice of pidgin, or standard English. There is a great deal of Little England thinking on here, but this takes the biscuit. This will have cost buttons to get the message to a wider audience So again, problem please? It's called the british broadcasting corporation, not the 'global help for people who don't trust their governments' corporation. Edited by Stirlingsays (24 Jun 2022 3.20pm)
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| Beanyboysmd 24 Jun 22 3.31pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
It's called the british broadcasting corporation, not the 'global help for people who don't trust their governments' corporation. Edited by Stirlingsays (24 Jun 2022 3.20pm) No he was right the first time, its pretty much our last bastion of 'soft power' globally. Being the de facto news source globally is genuinly important now that we have lost prominence on the world stage. Other countries know this too, which is why companies like Reuters and al Jazeera are pushed so hard. Being a scottish nationalist, I cannot describe in words how frustrated I get with the BBC, but it is a genuinely important service that we and the rest of the world would truly miss if we didn't have it
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| Eaglecoops CR3 24 Jun 22 4.21pm |
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Originally posted by Beanyboysmd
No he was right the first time, its pretty much our last bastion of 'soft power' globally. Being the de facto news source globally is genuinly important now that we have lost prominence on the world stage. Other countries know this too, which is why companies like Reuters and al Jazeera are pushed so hard. Being a scottish nationalist, I cannot describe in words how frustrated I get with the BBC, but it is a genuinely important service that we and the rest of the world would truly miss if we didn't have it I think you knocked the nail partly on the head there. The rest of the world would miss it, however I would argue that a high percentage of those that are forced to pay for it wouldn’t. The rest of the world don’t give a damn about us as a country and make it pretty clear that is the case, so why are we so bothered about them. Maybe the BBC should start seeking revenue from elsewhere if they want to maintain a wide audience.
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| W12 24 Jun 22 5.10pm | |
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Originally posted by BlueJay
75 million people speak pidgin. If the BBC News site was in English and Pidgin only then there would be a valid point but being that it's translated into around 50 or more languages to be read across the world, I'm not so sure why this particular translation is quite so unfathomable. It's not a language, it's just bad English. [edited] Also, British people have to pay for it. Edited by W12 (24 Jun 2022 5.11pm)
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| Stirlingsays 24 Jun 22 7.59pm |
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Originally posted by W12
It's not a language, it's just bad English. [edited] Also, British people have to pay for it. Edited by W12 (24 Jun 2022 5.11pm) Correct on both points.
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| Matov 24 Jun 22 8.17pm |
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Originally posted by Slimey Toad
Is Pidgeon English a recognized language?
I suspect if any individual can only converse in this b****** form of English then reading is not a skill they possess anyway.
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell. |
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cryrst  The garden of England 24 Jun 22 9.03pm |
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Originally posted by Matov
I suspect if any individual can only converse in this b****** form of English then reading is not a skill they possess anyway. And could answer why jobs are not given to certain demographics of f they can’t speak proper like I does
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| Stirlingsays 24 Jun 22 9.11pm |
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Originally posted by cryrst
And could answer why jobs are not given to certain demographics of f they can’t speak proper like I does
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| YT Oxford 25 Jun 22 10.01am |
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Originally posted by cryrst
And could answer why jobs are not given to certain demographics of if they can’t speak proper like I does Actually it's "like WOT I does..."
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PalazioVecchio  south pole 25 Jun 22 10.02am |
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Originally posted by cryrst
And could answer why jobs are not given to certain demographics of f they can’t speak proper like I does has the BBC fallen out of love with the straight White British Man ? what respect can anybody have for an institution whose Poster-boy for straight white british man is Jimmy Savile ?
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| cryrst The garden of England 25 Jun 22 10.13am |
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Originally posted by YT
Actually it's "like WOT I does..." My bad
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