Comments on: Dumb Yankees http://xrlq.com/2009/01/08/dumb-yankees/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ZZMike http://xrlq.com/2009/01/08/dumb-yankees/comment-page-1/#comment-477175 ZZMike Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:51:29 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4253#comment-477175 Fox is not supposed to rewrite the news so as to accomodate our tiny American brains. They're supposed to tell us what happened. We can handle it. We can figure out that "999" is their "911". Then maybe it was the Fox spelling checker that automatically corrects "9" numbers into "911". Another point: the two bozos were arrested, so this isn't British policy. Fox is not supposed to rewrite the news so as to accomodate our tiny American brains. They’re supposed to tell us what happened. We can handle it. We can figure out that “999″ is their “911″.

Then maybe it was the Fox spelling checker that automatically corrects “9″ numbers into “911″.

Another point: the two bozos were arrested, so this isn’t British policy.

]]> By: Anwyn http://xrlq.com/2009/01/08/dumb-yankees/comment-page-1/#comment-474314 Anwyn Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:09:03 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4253#comment-474314 I can _see_ the thought process that leads some editor to think it's better to type "he dialed 911" than "he dialed Britain's emergency number, 999," but it's hard to fathom how, having thought it, he/she could think it's _better._ They claim to want to "educate" us. What could be more educational in this case than telling us what they dial in Britain? But no, it's use cutesy editing to keep us in our derided ignorance. <abbr><em>Anwyn´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.anwyn.com/2009/01/11/telling-ones-dreams-is-the-last-word-in-egotism/" rel="nofollow">“Telling One’s Dreams Is the Last Word in Egotism”</a></em></abbr> I can _see_ the thought process that leads some editor to think it’s better to type “he dialed 911″ than “he dialed Britain’s emergency number, 999,” but it’s hard to fathom how, having thought it, he/she could think it’s _better._ They claim to want to “educate” us. What could be more educational in this case than telling us what they dial in Britain? But no, it’s use cutesy editing to keep us in our derided ignorance.

Anwyn´s last blog post..“Telling One’s Dreams Is the Last Word in Egotism”

]]> By: Jody http://xrlq.com/2009/01/08/dumb-yankees/comment-page-1/#comment-473910 Jody Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:30:21 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4253#comment-473910 And I thought it was going to be a pro-BoSox post... And I thought it was going to be a pro-BoSox post…

]]> By: Phelps http://xrlq.com/2009/01/08/dumb-yankees/comment-page-1/#comment-473640 Phelps Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:05:56 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4253#comment-473640 Shoot, I thought you were going to finally use it in the Texan sense of the word, as in "not a Texan." <abbr><em>Phelps´s last blog post..<a href="http://phelps.donotremove.net/?p=1499" rel="nofollow">Impressive</a></em></abbr> Shoot, I thought you were going to finally use it in the Texan sense of the word, as in “not a Texan.”

Phelps´s last blog post..Impressive

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