By Well, well, well… the BBC has made a mistake. Quite a big one too. What the heck is Matermind?
Mastermind
It’s supposed to be Mastermind, the well-known quiz competition, but, in a momentary lapse of reasoning, someone misspelt the title, as you can see in the photograph. I’m sure there have been mistakes made before, after all, they’re only human, but the BBC is the champion of the English language.
Aunty Always Knows
If you’re not sure of how to pronounce something, the Beeb will always have the answer. When you see a name come up that takes you forever to try and comprehend, the good old newsreader will always, without fail, pronounce it perfectly!
Mistakes Happen
However, I bet someone has been dragged over the coals about this one. I can honestly say, I’ve never seen a spelling mistake by the BBC before. I bet there’ll be a load of phone calls into their reception to point it out, you know how some people are. Not me though, I wouldn’t want to get anyone in trouble and after all, we are all human.
And on that note, I’m off to watch The Repir Shop!! Did you see what I did there? By the way, if anyone wants to know what Mastermind is, here’s the link: Mastermind.
Mizu City
November 11, 2021This post made me lauh 😀
Trev
November 11, 2021Thank you
Gibson Square
November 11, 2021May I point you to a post ritten by me:
https://cabbieblog.com/2021/02/19/before-we-pull-away-from-the-curb/
Sadje
November 11, 2021Maternind! Lol
Trev
November 11, 2021????Thank you, Sadje.
bekitschig
November 11, 2021Ha ha … my English teacher (tough cookie she was!) used to say, if it is not in Collins Cobuild Dictionary, it certainly cannot be a word …
Trev
November 11, 2021Thank you ????
Connie J. Jasperson (@cjjasp)
November 11, 2021Even the big kids make mistakes!
Trev
November 11, 2021They certainly do, Connie. Thank you.
willedare
November 11, 2021I hope you enjoyed our visit to the Repir Shop. I love proofreading things and am always a bit surprised when I see a typo. In my experience it is usually because someone was in a rush and didn’t have time to WRITE a draft AND then return to it with fresh eyes (or have someone else’s fresh eyes proofread it over for them…) Ahh, mistakes. They are part of our humanity and also can be a significant part of the process of learning. And a source of humor!
Trev
November 11, 2021Thank you. It amused me that it was the BBC, who as far as I know, never make grammatical mistakes. 🙂
Peter's pondering
November 11, 2021Brlliant!
Trev
November 11, 2021Thank you, Peter. 🙂
Don't Lose Hope
November 11, 2021Hahaha!!!
Trev
November 11, 2021Thank you. 🙂
John
November 11, 2021Oops! People make mitakes you you know! ????
Trev
November 11, 2021I see what you did there, John. Thank you. 🙂
Yetismith
November 11, 2021Like you, I believe the BBC should be infallible, at least in matters of presentation and spelling. It’s a quality-control issue. If mistakes like that can pass without notice, what else may be going wrong of much greater importance. Have you read a single book in recent years that did not contain an error somewhere? Never used to happen. I think we need to re-establish a few standards!
Trev
November 11, 2021I’ve never known the BBC make a mistake like it before. I’ve noticed that some reports online from the newspapers often contain mistakes. Thank you, Yeti. 🙂
juliecroundblog
November 11, 2021That was such an easy mistake to make, It wouldn’t happen if people had time to read what they had written out loud. I don’t believe the BBC use proof readers as TV is more and more a medium for pictures not words, as can be winessed by the latest programmes where all the actors gabble or mumble as if the dialogue doesn’t matter.
I think this is happening in films, too or is it just that I am getting old?
Trev
November 11, 2021I’ve never seen a mistake like it before, Julie, not from the BBC. As for the mumbling, I know there have been problems with new technology making everything sound garbled, especially with modern dramas and films. Thank you. 🙂
Rosaliene Bacchus
November 11, 2021😀
Trev
November 11, 2021Thank you, Rosaliene. 🙂
Pied Type
November 11, 2021Mistakes like that happen all the time on US tv, and I always wonder who, if anyone, checks for mistakes before they put it on the air. As a former proofreader and editor, it REALLY annoys me.
Trev
November 12, 2021I find it very unusual from the BBC. Thank you, ????
wibiwonders
November 11, 2021We’ll spotted! And thanks for sharing!
Trev
November 12, 2021Thank you ????
Herb
November 12, 2021You gotta wonder what mastermid did that.
Trev
November 12, 2021Good one, Herb. ????
Cheryl, Gulf Coast Poet
November 12, 2021Very humorous, Trev! It’s good to know that everyone makes mistakes! <3
Trev
November 12, 2021Thank you, Cheryl, yes, it does. ????
SueW
November 12, 2021Oh, I love this! ????
Trev
November 12, 2021Thank you, Sue. ????
Invisibly Me
November 12, 2021You know, I don’t think I’ve seen an error like this by the BBC before either. You’re right, we do all make mistakes, and at least this one could raise a little chuckle. The Daily Mail newspaper app, however, is constantly littered with errors, from spelling mistakes and incorrect names written, to grammatical issues that even a 5 year old would have mastered.
Trev
November 12, 2021That’s what surprised me more than anything, is the fact it’s the BBC. The Daily Mail too, you can’t believe half of what they print even when it’s spelt properly. Thank you, Caz. 🙂
Klausbernd
November 14, 2021Well, errare humanum est, isn’t it?
But quite an interesting mistake. Sigmund Freud would have seen this as a motivated failure.
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Trev
November 14, 2021Thank you. Very interesting ????
Priti
November 20, 2021Beautifully shared????????????
Trev
November 20, 2021Thank you ????