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**The_Snail** · 29-03-2012, 07:08

Originally Posted by pmaitra

No, it really doesn't bother me how people react. The fact remains that the error is genuine and I believe you all have seen it.

@Auld-Yin, it is 'him.'

I have no connections with BBC. I can but only highlight this at a British forum. It is up to you people to take it from here.

I agree.

Let's just all stop with the bantam and get back to the subject.

**Auld-Yin** · 29-03-2012, 07:26

Originally Posted by The_Snail

I agree.

Let's just all stop with the bantam and get back to the subject.

Cluckin' Hell! That's a bit of a tenuous link.

**The_Snail** · 29-03-2012, 07:31

Originally Posted by Auld-Yin

Cluckin' Hell! That's a bit of a tenuous link.

Stop cochin about. It's serious.

**Auld-Yin** · 29-03-2012, 07:40

Originally Posted by The_Snail

Stop cochin about. It's serious.

You've just got to keep pecking away at this don't you?

Still. got to admire your grit!

**cloudbuster** · 29-03-2012, 08:01

Originally Posted by pmaitra

It is up to you people to take it from here.

Not sure how much influence you think 'us people' have got................

**pmaitra** · 29-03-2012, 08:13

Originally Posted by cloudbuster

Not sure how much influence you think 'us people' have got................

Well, I think, you people, at least those who are physically in UK, have a greater chance than a person sitting in North Carolina.

I still swear by the Oxford Dictionary, but then, I don't know when that will disappoint me.

Originally Posted by llech

Don't get me fucking started, I'm incandescent with rage over "SportS" it's sport, SPORT, FUCKING SPORT!
You have a sport correspondent, unless your some low IQ, whooping fat American?

Fucking cunts!

Sir, in the US, there are educated and well groomed men and women as well as plebs, and I am sure there are educated and well groomed men and women in Britain as well as plebs.

My intention was not to insult anyone, or start off a trans-Atlantic exchange of expletives, but to highlight the need to preserve the integrity of the English language. The US does not do a very good job in this regard. My presence in North Carolina cannot have any impact on the error(s) in the BBC website, so the US does not really come into picture, in my humble opinion. I am just the messenger, and the message has been delivered. That's all.

Pardon me if this offends anyone.

**vvaannmmaann** · 29-03-2012, 08:18

So in that case which is correct Tesco or Tesco's?

**jimmys_best_mate** · 29-03-2012, 08:19

Chickens is the correct plural of chicken. Unless you're arguing with the OED who have 'don't count your chickens' in their Kindle edition?

**Turret_Monster** · 29-03-2012, 08:19

I can't believe that we're warming up the outrage bus over such a poultry issue.

**cloudbuster** · 29-03-2012, 08:21

Since the BBC broadcasts globally, through a number of media-forms, I would imagine that you are as entitled as any to raise the issue with the broadcaster.

See;

BBC - Complaints - Home