A new british standard?

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

Dumbing down journalism?

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

I freely admit to some sloppy writing at times..and appalling typos. But this phrase from the BBC news site shows how standards are dropping everywhere.

These "proof masses" will be allowed to free-fall inside the spacecraft, and a laser system will then attempt to monitor their behaviour, looking for path deviations as small as a few picometres. This is well less than the diameter of an atom.

[john carruthersParticipant @johncarruthers46255]

well sientifik an grammarly wik'ed m8

 

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[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

That's well bad like, know what I mean?

Another of my TV favourite phrases is "almost exactly".

 

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[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

I appreciate the above sentiments and opinions above but what grates with me is the below comments.

[AjohnwParticipant @ajohnw51620]

These "proof masses" will be allowed to free-fall inside the spacecraft. A laser system will then attempt to monitor their behaviour looking for path deviations as small as a few picometres. This is less than the diameter of an atom.

What's wrong with that version?

John

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[Paul Relf-DaviesParticipant @paulrelf-davies37806]

Hmmmm…I can’t help thinking the author started out with the words ‘well within…’ before being the victim of some rather incompetent editing further down the chain….

Or maybe I’ll being too generous..!?

P.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

INNIT?

[Norman BillinghamParticipant @normanbillingham91454]

All depends what you mean by "few". Atomic diameters are in the range about 50 – 500 pm. The LISA experiment can measure down to about 20 pm – about the radius of a neutral hydrogen atom.

[michael howarth 1Participant @michaelhowarth1]

Why does everybody on the telly begin their sentences with"So" ?

Mick

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

I seem to remember dad saying about time announcements on radio RNZAF/ RAF war time as "The approximate exact time is XX.XXhrs" because by the time it was announced that time had gone. It may have continued into his time as a technician with the NZ Broadcasting Service.

Ian S C

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

I've just heard on BBC news- a large 'plane taking off, woman newsreader-" I've just been told that's a transporter, what's it used for ?"

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

My irritants are…. 'Like' after every other word &… 'can you borrow me' … instead of 'can you lend me' or ' can I borrow'…

George.

[wheeltapperParticipant @wheeltapper]

My all time hate phrase is "at the end of the day".

Roy.

[its-smeeParticipant @its-smee]

the maths lecturer at college many years ago used to say " as you all know or should know " every single lesson. it used to drive me nuts

[CirclipParticipant @circlip]

"almost exactly right" OK, that's near enough.

drawRing(s) ugh!

Regards Ian.

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

Loose and lose

Draw and drawer

These mistakes seem to be so common that they may become the norm.

Mike

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

"Can I get…."

[OuBallieParticipant @ouballie]

". . .you know . . ."

Every time I hear that I wish I was there to shout at them –

"No I f***en well don't know, you moron!"

"So, . . ." at the start of any sentence is just another Americanism that's been imported.

Geoff – First one winds me up big time.

[AjohnwParticipant @ajohnw51620]

I wonder how many people had a period in very early school life when they and others used the word ift rather than if.

A infants school teacher had to tell lots and lots of people over and over again to stop using it. Pity really as it sounds nicer than if. I wonder ift it was usual or uncommon.

 

John

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[Anthony KendallParticipant @anthonykendall53479]

Posted by Muzzer on 03/12/2015 12:58:10:

"Can I get…."

Customer in fish shop, "Can I get cod and chips please."

"No, I will get it for you!"

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

My daughter took degrees in English and kept insisting to me that 'language is organic'. I followed by arguing that it's insubstantial and unbestowed of any life apart from that anthropomorphised upon it.

'Organic vegetables' is my personal hatred in terminology. Where can i buy inorganic veggies?

[HowiParticipant @howi]

Standards are falling – what can you do about it? – nothing!

There are more important things to worry about, like bombing the crap out of ISIS.

Come on chaps, where are your priorities 

[Anthony KnightsParticipant @anthonyknights16741]

Quite common on this site (probably a typo) TEH instead of THE.

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

… 'You're joking me'… instead of… are you / you are kidding me…

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