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BBC Web Slip-Up Insults Facebook Fans

Posted by timothy on from the saddo-is-the-best-insult-ever dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has accidentally insulted its Facebook followers by revealing a version of a new website which wasn't yet ready for public consumption and in which it referred to its social media followers as 'saddos.' The same website also features a picture of the Queen, described as the Pakistan hockey team. File this one under 'a really bad day at the office' for one web developer."

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  1. For those who don't know European slang: by Kitkoan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Saddos: Brit slang a socially inadequate or pathetic person.

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    1. Re:For those who don't know European slang: by CarpetShark · · Score: 2, Informative

      Saddos: Brit slang a socially inadequate or pathetic person.

      Or a rather obvious extension of the word "sad".

    2. Re:For those who don't know European slang: by JackieBrown · · Score: 1, Informative

      I have seen Canadian's get offended when you ask if they take American (US) money as if Canadian money was un-american.

      Maybe you only know US American's and made an assumption?

    3. Re:For those who don't know European slang: by Draek · · Score: 2, Informative

      Pretty much the entire American continent calls themselves "Americans", except for Canadians who consider it an insult by reference to their neighbors down south.

      In Latin America the proper way to address a US citizen is "estadounidense", which roughly translates to "united-statesian", though as result of its length and the need to sub/dub the word "American" in US movies, the phrase "norteamericano" (meaning "north american") is also in common usage which *also* pisses the Canadians off ;)

      In fact, correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the only relatively common language that lacks an equivalent word for "estadounidense" is English itself. I know French and Portuguese have one and I believe both Italian and German do as well, at least.

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  2. Re:Remember kids... by NNKK · · Score: 2, Informative

    I see the reason to have this sort of thing...but, I'm curious, why the Lorem ipsum bit so omnipresent in mockups, as opposed to everyone doing their own thing? I'm sure the same purpose could be served by many different pieces of text. Is it just a matter of copy/paste is so much easier? Is there something particular this does better than anything else someone could think up?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum

  3. Re:Remember kids... by gaspyy · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's supposed to be boring. This way no one will start nitpicking the text and will concentrate on layout/design.

    At that stage of the work, text content doesn't matter. What matters is the font, color, size, placement and so on. You want the client to say "I like the font, maybe make it bigger by 1pt" rather than "you didn't capitalize properly."

  4. Re:All I can really say is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    If someone is pining for an ex-girlfriend what do you say to them? "Get over her". "Get over yourself" implies that you are madly in love with yourself, it isn't healthy and you really need to give it up.

    But this is Slashdot. I guess that's why you don't understand anything involving love or girls.

  5. Re:All I can really say is... by Jaruzel · · Score: 3, Informative

    Know your history, it's 'We'...

    http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/401800.html

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  6. Re:All I can really say is... by Wovel · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't need history. If the queen is an entire hockey team, We is obviously correct.