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Reading a story at theguardian.com and they are "British-izing" American quotes
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:27 pm
Random Guardian story about Dollar General
I've always found it odd the way British people turn companies, stores, sports teams, etc., into a plural.
Example: "Manchester United have a good team this year"
Below, The Guardian, which is a British publication, is turning the quotes of people from Kansas into their weird pluralization:
I've always found it odd the way British people turn companies, stores, sports teams, etc., into a plural.
Example: "Manchester United have a good team this year"
Below, The Guardian, which is a British publication, is turning the quotes of people from Kansas into their weird pluralization:
quote:
“Dollar General are a force. It’s hard to stop a train,” said Mike Alfers, Haven’s then mayor who backed the move. “Obviously there’s been collateral damage. We didn’t expect it. I’m torn but, net-net, I still think it was a good move to bring them in.”
quote:
“Dollar General have buying power. There’s not a lot of competition at the wholesale level so it’s rather difficult and the smaller you are, you pay a higher price for goods whether it’s in delivery costs or volume buying or any number of things,” he said.
This post was edited on 8/14/18 at 2:28 pm
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Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:28 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:31 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
My great great great great great grandfather didn't mow down lobsterbacks at Yorktown for this bullshite.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:31 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:33 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
What a bunch of fricking morons for thinking they know the right way to speak English
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:41 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Pfft. At the rate they’re going, the British will be reading their newspapers from right to left before long. They need to get their own shite together, and not worry about us butchering the Queen's English.
This post was edited on 8/14/18 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:44 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
I've never noticed it in direct quotes before
FWIW many news orgs alter "direct" quotes. Gore Vidal claimed he refused to give the NY Times an interview b/c they wouldn't sign a contract agreeing they wouldn't alter his remarks when "quoting" him.
FWIW many news orgs alter "direct" quotes. Gore Vidal claimed he refused to give the NY Times an interview b/c they wouldn't sign a contract agreeing they wouldn't alter his remarks when "quoting" him.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 2:49 pm to Kafka
The direct quotes is my issue. While it's weird that they convert singular words to plural, that's their business. Changing direct quotes is not their business. That's shitty journalism.
That tells me the writer just wrote down some rough notes and the re-created the quotes from memory, unknowingly converting them to the British version.
That tells me the writer just wrote down some rough notes and the re-created the quotes from memory, unknowingly converting them to the British version.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 3:04 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:I hate that.
I've always found it odd the way British people turn companies, stores, sports teams, etc., into a plural.
Example: "Manchester United have a good team this year"
Posted on 8/14/18 at 3:12 pm to Kafka
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I've never noticed it in direct quotes before
It's no different than when sports journalists fix the grammar in quotes from Latin American players. The point isn't to make someone look stupid.
If the guardian didn't fix it, their readers would only be able to focus on how dumb the Americans sound.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 3:12 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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I've always found it odd the way British people turn companies, stores, sports teams, etc., into a plural.
We do just the opposite: turn plurals into singulars. "The media is liberal."
Posted on 8/14/18 at 3:19 pm to MountainTiger
Obviously we both do different things. I just don't think direct quotes should be changed.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 3:24 pm to leftovergumbo
quote:PC been berry berry good to me
It's no different than when sports journalists fix the grammar in quotes from Latin American players. The point isn't to make someone look stupid.
quote:Making them "Sound English"? Interested class and cultural biases here.
If the guardian didn't fix it, their readers would only be able to focus on how dumb the Americans sound.
Quotes should not be altered. Perhaps you can't do a Petroleum Nasby and write in dialect, but you can print the word that was used.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 3:26 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:Even the American commentators did this during the World Cup. Irked me a bit. It's pretentious.
Example: "Manchester United have a good team this year"
Posted on 8/14/18 at 3:28 pm to Kafka
I don't have as much of an issue, if someone says "yeah" and they write "yes" but changing "has" to "have" because it suits your style, is just wrong.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 3:30 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
American soccer writers do it when writing about American soccer teams in American publications. It's fricking ridiculous.
Posted on 8/14/18 at 3:33 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
The English are ruining a beautiful language
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