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Offline corbe

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NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time
« on: July 01, 2018, 09:51:58 pm »
NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time

July 1, 2018

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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/
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Re: NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2018, 10:04:14 pm »
   Come on Briefers, just cause a bunch of women run this place is no reason to go ball~less now.
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Re: NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2018, 12:12:25 am »
Quote from: corbe on July 01, 2018, 10:04:14 pm
   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?
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Re: NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2018, 08:01:13 am »
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Re: NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2018, 08:06:26 am »
Nice.

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Re: NPR Issues The Most Embarrassing Correction Of All Time
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2018, 09:07:57 am »
My kingdom for a tilde. Ay, caramba.
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