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 Post subject: Someone needs to be more careful with headlines
PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:44 am 
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"Clinton and Obama row over backer" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6384821.stm)
Does anyone else get the image of Clinton and Obama in a rowboat?

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I took that headline as they got into an argument about a campaign supporter...

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Oh gosh I remember the first time someone said 'row' to me meaning argument - I thought she meant that her family got in a row and started playing with her webcam. It wasn't until she got (understably) upset and offended at me that I understand.

Of course talking on the phone a few nights later I pronounced it row, like row row your boat. She couldn't understand what I meant because its pronounced completely different from how it's spelled. Of course, I don't remember the correct pronunciation now. :P
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What's wrong with that? The BBC is a British organisation and in Britian, row is a common word for arguement. :roll:

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Nessa wrote:
Of course talking on the phone a few nights later I pronounced it row, like row row your boat. She couldn't understand what I meant because its pronounced completely different from how it's spelled. Of course, I don't remember the correct pronunciation now. :P


Isn't it spelt the same way?

I Always thought it was...

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What's wrong with that? The BBC is a British organisation and in Britian, row is a common word for arguement. :roll:


Honestly Twinkle! Call yourself a Brit, eh? Tut tut ;)

Anyway, I'm with her on this one, even though she misspells Britain and doesn't realise. Row is used loads in the UK for another word for argument.

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It's just one of those things where the headline could be misinterpreted. I think people should be more careful. Yes, it's the BBC, but it should be catering to the international audience it has. I thought it was one of those funny, semi-misleading headlines...you know, like "Stolen Painting Found By Tree" or "Red Tape Holds Up Bridge."

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I was thinking of the two of them in a rowboat chasing after a backer who is swimming and crying for help, but doesn't swim fast enough and is hit by the boat...

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Ric wrote:
Nessa wrote:
Of course talking on the phone a few nights later I pronounced it row, like row row your boat. She couldn't understand what I meant because its pronounced completely different from how it's spelled. Of course, I don't remember the correct pronunciation now. :P


Isn't it spelt the same way?

I Always thought it was...


Yes it is - but its pronounced in a different way for 'argument' row.
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If you're talking about an argument, it rhymes with "how". (It's taken me days to figure out how to explain the pronunciation, you know. XD)

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