Oh BBC, How You Have Disappointed Me.
So I'll admit, I get most of my news from the BBC. Well, that and The Daily Show, but I find the BBC to be a bit more credible. When I am at my computer I can easily check the 'Latest Headlines' thanks to a little tab by Firefox. I just checked it, and to my wonderment, the AFC Championship game was one of those headlines. At least this time the BBC didn't put Pittsburgh 34-17 Denver. Or whatever it is they do to denote the score. I don't know, it's just something weird.
Which is actually what I would consider most of the BBC's coverage of American sports. Weird. But I have found some enjoyment in reading it because they are writing for a mostly British audience that probably has limited experience with American sports. I remember when they were reporting on the World Series and they had to explain certain things that someone, like ESPN Brought to you by the American Broadcasting Company, could presume their readership knows previously. Things like the games last 9 innings and things like that. It was an eerie feeling reading about the game going into extra innings, and then on the next sentence reading that a game normally lasts 9 innings unless the score is tied. Or even. I can't remember what they used. But it was an eerie feeling nonetheless.
So I clicked on the tab to send me to the article about the AFC Championship game. It opened up and I started reading it. But this time I was left feeling a little disappointed. It seemed like they were on to me and they didn't want to spend too much times on some of the details in order to make it seem like they weren't writing for a bunch of people that didn't know what they were saying. So they mainly kept to the score and the player's names. It was a rather short report, nothing that would come close to the exceptional and in-depth coverage of the Worldwide Leader in Sports Presented by Disney. I was almost going to give up on this failure of a good time when I read the caption under the picture. Here, this is the link to the page. See if you can figure out what I saw.
Time's up. I am presuming it's blasphemy to use famous British landmarks (wait, is it a British Landmark in that it is in Great Britain, or is it an English Landmark because it's in England? Or is it a London Landmark because it's in the city? I've been told British citizens not in England get upset over the England/Britain confusion by foreigners.) when assigning nicknames to individuals. For I have always been under the assumption he was nicknamed 'Big Ben' like the clock tower on so many postcards. (Ok, yes, I know it isn't the tower itself, but c'mon, go with it.) I've never heard or seen in print his nickname being 'Baby Ben.' I don't know where they got that from, but they must have come up with it somewhere. Perhaps the original meaning was lost in translation. I have no idea.
But thank you BBC, you have made my night in your reporting of American sports. Now I can't wait for the article on the NFC Championship game. Woohoo!
And also, on an unrelated note, my last week of my job starts tomorrow. Hoo-rah! Now I just have to find another job or two to keep my moving plans on target. I think I've planned on my move date to be April 1st or thereabouts. That's so I can housesit for my grandmother. Also, that means Emily, you have to push that baby out earlier than the expected date and then I can see the newborn. Not that I'm making you push a little harder, but just give it a thought.
And on another unrelated note from the previous two notes, I might have a great idea for my book I've been planning on writing during my sabbatical. Seeing as how I failed the NaNoWriMo thing, I don't know how this one's going to go, but I have started planning this one, something I did not do to my previous attempt. In fact I was working on it before I started typing this. So wish me luck.
Which is actually what I would consider most of the BBC's coverage of American sports. Weird. But I have found some enjoyment in reading it because they are writing for a mostly British audience that probably has limited experience with American sports. I remember when they were reporting on the World Series and they had to explain certain things that someone, like ESPN Brought to you by the American Broadcasting Company, could presume their readership knows previously. Things like the games last 9 innings and things like that. It was an eerie feeling reading about the game going into extra innings, and then on the next sentence reading that a game normally lasts 9 innings unless the score is tied. Or even. I can't remember what they used. But it was an eerie feeling nonetheless.
So I clicked on the tab to send me to the article about the AFC Championship game. It opened up and I started reading it. But this time I was left feeling a little disappointed. It seemed like they were on to me and they didn't want to spend too much times on some of the details in order to make it seem like they weren't writing for a bunch of people that didn't know what they were saying. So they mainly kept to the score and the player's names. It was a rather short report, nothing that would come close to the exceptional and in-depth coverage of the Worldwide Leader in Sports Presented by Disney. I was almost going to give up on this failure of a good time when I read the caption under the picture. Here, this is the link to the page. See if you can figure out what I saw.
Time's up. I am presuming it's blasphemy to use famous British landmarks (wait, is it a British Landmark in that it is in Great Britain, or is it an English Landmark because it's in England? Or is it a London Landmark because it's in the city? I've been told British citizens not in England get upset over the England/Britain confusion by foreigners.) when assigning nicknames to individuals. For I have always been under the assumption he was nicknamed 'Big Ben' like the clock tower on so many postcards. (Ok, yes, I know it isn't the tower itself, but c'mon, go with it.) I've never heard or seen in print his nickname being 'Baby Ben.' I don't know where they got that from, but they must have come up with it somewhere. Perhaps the original meaning was lost in translation. I have no idea.
But thank you BBC, you have made my night in your reporting of American sports. Now I can't wait for the article on the NFC Championship game. Woohoo!
And also, on an unrelated note, my last week of my job starts tomorrow. Hoo-rah! Now I just have to find another job or two to keep my moving plans on target. I think I've planned on my move date to be April 1st or thereabouts. That's so I can housesit for my grandmother. Also, that means Emily, you have to push that baby out earlier than the expected date and then I can see the newborn. Not that I'm making you push a little harder, but just give it a thought.
And on another unrelated note from the previous two notes, I might have a great idea for my book I've been planning on writing during my sabbatical. Seeing as how I failed the NaNoWriMo thing, I don't know how this one's going to go, but I have started planning this one, something I did not do to my previous attempt. In fact I was working on it before I started typing this. So wish me luck.
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