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Title: NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time
Post by: corbe on July 02, 2018, 01:51:58 am

NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time

July 1, 2018

Hannah Bleau
 
HAHAHA. Oh man. Where’s Kimber when you need her?

NPR recently had to delete a tweet, because it totally screwed up the translation of a Spanish phrase.

Now, I wouldn’t have noticed this, because I don’t speak Spanish. Pantalones de bobo. That’s all I retained from high school Spanish, and I’m not even sure if THAT’S right. It’s supposed to be “silly pants.” Whatevz.

ANYWHO. The correction at hand. BEHOLD:

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We deleted this tweet due to the use of the incorrect Spanish phrase to say "the year of the woman." The phrase is "el año de la mujer." pic.twitter.com/91aLahQ24Y

— NPR (@NPR) June 30, 2018

OK…so what was the big mistake?

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https://www.chicksonright.com/blog/2018/07/01/npr-issues-the-most-embarrassing-correction-of-all-time/ (https://www.chicksonright.com/blog/2018/07/01/npr-issues-the-most-embarrassing-correction-of-all-time/)

Title: Re: NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time
Post by: corbe on July 02, 2018, 02:04:14 am

   Come on Briefers, just cause a bunch of women run this place is no reason to go ball~less now.

Title: Re: NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time
Post by: Sanguine on July 02, 2018, 04:12:25 am

Quote from: corbe on July 02, 2018, 02:04:14 am

   Come on Briefers, just cause a bunch of women run this place is no reason to go ball~less now.

You didn't take Anatomy, did you?

Title: Re: NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time
Post by: thackney on July 02, 2018, 12:01:13 pm

Let me explain:

El año de la mujer = The year of the woman.

El ano de la mujer = The anus of the woman


https://twitter.com/SuperAndrea/status/1013232301478559744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1013232301478559744&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicksonright.com%2Fblog%2F2018%2F07%2F01%2Fnpr-issues-the-most-embarrassing-correction-of-all-time%2F (https://twitter.com/SuperAndrea/status/1013232301478559744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1013232301478559744&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicksonright.com%2Fblog%2F2018%2F07%2F01%2Fnpr-issues-the-most-embarrassing-correction-of-all-time%2F)

Title: Re: NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time
Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on July 02, 2018, 12:06:26 pm

Nice.

If the river runs red, take the dirt road.

Title: Re: NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time
Post by: mountaineer on July 02, 2018, 01:07:57 pm

My kingdom for a tilde. Ay, caramba.