Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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Sadly, too much media including the Herald follow the model but it's a one year anniversary so raise a glass.
Gawker Is Dead And Deserved To Die
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Gawker was a site built to destroy lives. Its mission was to discover the worst moment in a person’s life, and then publicize it for profit. It was run by people who sought out life-destroying gossip about random citizens. It had no noble purpose [...] Gawker thrived on embarrassment and shame, seeking to demolish not just celebrities or politicians but average random people whose sins it would expose for traffic and commenters who gloried in its actions. [...]
Gawker Is Dead And Deserved To Die
Gawker was a site built to destroy lives. Its mission was to discover the worst moment in a person’s life, and then publicizing it for profit.
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Florida man has been busy ......driving like an arsehole.
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@Kirwan turns out it was all staged. The lady, and the guy sitting next to her, show up at the end for a dance routine with the comic. People clicked when the audio was so clear that she must have been miked up.
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@Paekakboyz said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@Kirwan turns out it was all staged. The lady, and the guy sitting next to her, show up at the end for a dance routine with the comic. People clicked when the audio was so clear that she must have been miked up.
I know, I watched the whole thing. It was cleverly done, audience were totally into it.
The think that sold it was the fact that a decent section of the audience was getting offended at some of the jokes. Some great expressions in there.
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@taniwharugby That could have gone so wrong.
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The BBC's new pidgin language site is quite something.
Indian woman divorce husband because dem no get toilet
The woman wey dey for her 20's don dey married to her husband for five years, but na for inside bush she dey poopoo.
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You might want to do some study in applied linguistics then - because this has nothing to do with being liberal or whatever - perhaps some people's world view is beginning to impact the way they interpret reasonable actions by media companies to respond to the local conditions of different markets?
West African (Nigerian) pidgin a primarily oral language used by millions in Africa as a lingua franca and I think this is a fantastic idea (I'm an applied linguist btw). English is the global lingua Franca, but that comes at a cost - it will be used, changed, and simplified according to usage in different areas. It may sound silly to you, but many of the NZ usages we see in our media sound silly to others but we are lucky enough to enjoy it. Personally I'm glad that we have research-based (this comes of out world English language research*) actions influencing the way content is provided to people. And, it's worth remembering that this site isn't taking over your news feed or anything.
- don't get me wrong - some of that is shiiiiiiit (e.g., language imperialism), but also much of it is based on developing an understanding of how languages are used to negotiate meaning in different places. As the British Council has been leading much of that, I'm unsurprised to see the Beeb leading the way on this.
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Just awesome
DUI driver hits 17 cars while trying to park, FHP says
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