****PEDANTS***** the BBC: "YOUR Fired"!!!!!!!

[hatwoman]

I'm in shock. just watched Sralan and at the end they advertised the BBC 3 programme: "YOUR Fired" [shoock]

No way! Honestly?

honestly honestly. it was there in blue and white. it's not repeated on the website, but it was there on the telly.

This sort of thing drive me mad!

Not least because it is a sign of my impending middle age.

I wouldn't have given a damn in my 20's.

i know

i saw it

this, the same day as we had 'record's day' [sic] in lazytown

I'm glad you saw it too. it's started to take on a dreamlike quality (like the day I heard a newsreader get the name Keith Hunt wrong)

what IS the BBC coming to?

I saw it, jumped up and down, screamed and shouted. dh didn't know what the problem was .

I know, was furious and dh said I must have misread because "it's the BBC you know". What hope is there when the Beeb can't get it right?

that is shocking, i missed it though because i had already switched channels to gloat over paul's departure.

I didn't see it but I'd like to offer sympathy from a fellow pedant who understands the pain!

I did not see it but that is shocking.

I bought my DTS a Bob the Builder book (this is commissioned by the BBC). I could not believe the number of mistakes in it. I don't have the book with me but the mistakes were similar to this:

"your going to the yard" as oppose to "you're going",

"Bobs' hammer" as oppose to "Bob's hammer".

I'm going to write to the BBC and publishers about it. I'm not perfect when it comes to the English language but surely publishers as well as the BBC should be at the forefront of safeguarding high standards in grammar?

I saw it.
I yelled things.
I threw things at the TV.
I would have got on to them straight away if I'd been near the computer.

You know why? Bloody captioning staff probably aged about 22 and have never done a proper qualification in English.