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To ask what has happened to BBC reporting? Mariah Carey

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Skye109 · 28/08/2024 21:23

Please can someone explain this report to me??
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/cqxjq7x17qzo

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HereForTheFreeLunch · 28/08/2024 23:14

It's been popping up in my feed over the last few weeks too. The headline is interesting so I click on it. And the more I click , the more I get shown it by the algorithm!
And I can't say I am not interested - that seems to be at the BBC level and not the language, iyswim!

I have got quite good at reading it now 😀

TriesNotToBeCynical · 28/08/2024 23:14

MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 28/08/2024 22:58

290 MILLION POUNDS , a grant from the government to translate these languages on the BBC.

Not sure it seems so funny now.

The government don't do this out of the kindness of their heart, or to annoy people like you; market research shows that the BBC overseas services earn us a great deal more than they cost in overseas influence and awareness, and thus in sales and services income. If advertising wasn't profitable there wouldn't be such a lot of it about!

RenoDakota · 28/08/2024 23:08

Just when you think there is nothing new to learn in this world, up pops a BBC article in pidgin English. Mind blown!

5475878237NC · 28/08/2024 23:07

libertybonds · 28/08/2024 21:52

Not sure why, but I found this response hilarious 😂

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I also found this hilarious. My autistic partner said something very similar in such a matter of fact way with absolutely no humour to it. It creased me up.

FriendlyRobin · 28/08/2024 23:05

"Di band na very big deal back in di day"

Love it.

AdviceNeeded2024 · 28/08/2024 23:04

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 28/08/2024 23:03

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Thanks!

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 28/08/2024 23:03

AdviceNeeded2024 · 28/08/2024 23:00

What is the meaning/translation of ‘Tok’ struggling with that word!

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Onand · 28/08/2024 23:03

Hahahahahahaha

Dery · 28/08/2024 23:03

This is addictive: https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/cmlg9gxx3n1o

MoralOrLegal · 28/08/2024 23:02

MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 28/08/2024 22:58

290 MILLION POUNDS , a grant from the government to translate these languages on the BBC.

Not sure it seems so funny now.

"Soft power" is the idea of spending money on things that will make other countries like and respect yours. (Heaven knows the UK needs that...)

Fiddlemetimbers · 28/08/2024 23:00

Oh, wow. I didn't know that version of BBC news existed. That's brilliant. Coming from a culturally diverse area with a large number of people who speak the lingo I can not only understand it but can hear it in my head as it would be spoken. I heard my neighbours voice, from when I was little, in my head.

AdviceNeeded2024 · 28/08/2024 23:00

What is the meaning/translation of ‘Tok’ struggling with that word!

Blink282 · 28/08/2024 22:58

This happened to me too yesterday, with the same story, after i googled “mariah news”- it just comes up on google search results as bbc.com and I was also so confused till i realised! (And have now wasted half of today reading more :D)

MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 28/08/2024 22:58

290 MILLION POUNDS , a grant from the government to translate these languages on the BBC.

Not sure it seems so funny now.

mrswhiplington · 28/08/2024 22:51

HappierTimesAhead · 28/08/2024 22:35

This is the best description of the Oasis bust up that I have ever seen:

Di band officially scata for 2009 afta kasala burst for one Paris festival.
Noel tok say during argument, Liam bin try nack am wit guitar.

😂 That's brilliant!

FloorWipes · 28/08/2024 22:51

This is a revelation.

OhMaria2 · 28/08/2024 22:49

libertybonds · 28/08/2024 21:52

Not sure why, but I found this response hilarious 😂

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It's sounds like chat gtp and he just can't anymore🤣🤣🤣
OP I am dead!

Mojodojocasahous · 28/08/2024 22:46

75 million people! Fair fucks to da beeb!

HappierTimesAhead · 28/08/2024 22:42

The stuff you learn on mumsnet!

Bodeganights · 28/08/2024 22:42

Tulipvase · 28/08/2024 22:18

Have you seen the cookies bit at the bottom?
‘No Cari me go settings’

That has tickled me.

Is this the same as the old lady in the hospital in Meet Joe Black? Or is that something else?

Yes the same. I know a few people who speak it and they speak fast. I do sometimes struggle to keep up. And then they say words I've never heard and I take an age to catch on what they mean.

CellophaneFlower · 28/08/2024 22:39

HappierTimesAhead · 28/08/2024 22:35

This is the best description of the Oasis bust up that I have ever seen:

Di band officially scata for 2009 afta kasala burst for one Paris festival.
Noel tok say during argument, Liam bin try nack am wit guitar.

🤣🤣

I had no idea this was a thing either! I can't help but become Patrick Trueman in my head whilst reading it... despite knowing he's not African 🤦‍♀️

Rollercoaster1920 · 28/08/2024 22:39

I knew BBC pidgin existed. But it did come up on my Google news feed recently which is weird, and wasn't immediately obvious.

I suspect some SEO or algorithm gone wrong recommending it to people it shouldn't.

So lay off the OP a bit people!

HauntedBungalow · 28/08/2024 22:39

God the BBC is great isn't it lads.

Serencwtch · 28/08/2024 22:36

butterfly0404 · 28/08/2024 22:13

Omg....my new favourite hobby 😅

www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/clyngjnq5elo

God that's hilarious 😂 😂

HappierTimesAhead · 28/08/2024 22:35

This is the best description of the Oasis bust up that I have ever seen:

Di band officially scata for 2009 afta kasala burst for one Paris festival.
Noel tok say during argument, Liam bin try nack am wit guitar.