Black Hole
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Not when associated with "Rayner", no. "Angela Rayner" would appear in the database of acceptable representations, not "Angel Rayner". The point is to trap typos, since nobody seems to proof-read any more.
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EEPhil
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What I said just after the quoted reference. No good relying on technology. Look at the live subtitling mess. (Technology
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EEPhil
Number 28
Something wrong with the space key?
I find it easier to understand some of the longer German words than the first “word” in that paragraph. Another proof reading problem. Would have thought your bog-standard spellchecker should have caught that one.
(Damned predictive text and spellchecker changed bog to big and than to that - argh!)
(From https://westbridgfordwire.com/part-...re-centre-and-school-expansion-a-step-closer/ )“West Bridgford Wire” said:
I find it easier to understand some of the longer German words than the first “word” in that paragraph. Another proof reading problem. Would have thought your bog-standard spellchecker should have caught that one.
(Damned predictive text and spellchecker changed bog to big and than to that - argh!)
Black Hole
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Shock, Horror: Attenborough got it wrong. 
Clearly referring to a reed mace, he called it a bull rush. This is a long-running matter which I might have mentioned before: there is a generation (particularly those subjected to the ritual brain-washing known as Sunday School) told the story of Moses in the Bull Rushes, incorrectly illustrated with drawings of the reed mace. The reed mace is a reed, the bull rush is a rush. They are in different botanical classes, with different characteristics. They look different. The only point in common is that they grow in water.
Cancel the licence fee!
Clearly referring to a reed mace, he called it a bull rush. This is a long-running matter which I might have mentioned before: there is a generation (particularly those subjected to the ritual brain-washing known as Sunday School) told the story of Moses in the Bull Rushes, incorrectly illustrated with drawings of the reed mace. The reed mace is a reed, the bull rush is a rush. They are in different botanical classes, with different characteristics. They look different. The only point in common is that they grow in water.
Cancel the licence fee!
EEPhil
Number 28
No, cancel Attenborough. Never been a fan of the brothers Attenborough.
Black Hole
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I have no problem with Attenborough while he attracts viewers to documentary programmes.
With manmade climate change nuttery he's probably past that "attraction point"
gomezz
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Man jailed for robbing same Tameside bank twice in a decade
So he would have been OK if he had robbed a different bank the second time?
Black Hole
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Oh FFS.
everthewatcher
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Makes a change from football pitches, Olympic swimming pools or African elephants.
Black Hole
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I think the point has sailed overhead: "a year".
everthewatcher
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Not here, just not commented on.
everthewatcher
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That would have broken the Rule of Three.
Black Hole
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Something really weird on BBC Breakfast: the bulletin about yesterday's budget statement at 9am had the soundtrack overlaid by some woman gossiping about having cut out coffee!
everthewatcher
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That sounds like it could have been from The Food Chain. It's scheduled to go out twice today on the BBC World Service.
BBC World Service - The Food Chain, So, you think you can quit caffeine?
Three people who tried giving up the world’s most commonly-used psychoactive drug
EEPhil
Number 28
Are you certain it wasn’t part of the report? Cutting out high-street coffee shops should save some money.
More likely a cock-up at BBC. Just takes one moment of carelessness to fade up the wrong source.
Black Hole
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Sounds like a remarkable correlation, but the times aren't right. Listening to it now to confirm...
Yes, but nobody commented afterwards about sound irregularities. I wish I had recorded it, but I was on a HD-FOX and there's no recording from TSR buffer. Nonetheless, I re-ran it to confirm what I had heard.