Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Criminal Sentence 315: Newsworthy misspelling

From CNN yesterday:

"France returns artefacts to Egypt"

News is ever-changing, but spelling isn't. The word is "artifacts."
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4 comments:

  1. WestleyDecember 15, 2009 at 5:36 PM

    I suppose that would really depend on which side of the pond the CNN story orginated. My spell checker (set to British English) wants to change 'artifact' to 'artefact' all the time.

    Two countries separated by a common language, right?

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  2. The Sentence SleuthDecember 16, 2009 at 8:11 AM

    Hi. This CNN broadcast was sent from Atlanta as far as I know.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2010 at 7:25 PM

    It is just British English. It is just odd that they would would use British English in Atlanta, USA.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2010 at 7:26 PM

    Oops! I made a typo last time: "would would".

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