BBC Uses Extremely Unfortunate Abbreviation For "Assistant Coach Sandusky"

[kpete]

http://deadspin.com/5858975/bbc-uses-extremely-unfortunate-abbreviation-for-assistant-coach-sandusky

[spanone]

1. YIKES

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Them brits... with a sense of bad humor!

:-)

[snagglepuss]

3. That was no mistake.

[Kaleko]

4. They snuck that in,

snickering to themselves, no doubt. ;)

[Occulus]

6. "My, my," someone thought as s/he "forgot" to type it.

"What an interesting phrase a missing period makes..."

Edit: Someone needs to make certain Stephen Colbert sees the image in the OP. Perhaps "The Word" can be a simple period.

[emilyg]

5. Perfect.

[Occulus]

7. Oh, without a doubt.

It's priceless.

[krispos42]

8. They don't use periods after abreviations there

I was reading about that on Wikipedia (?) and it seems they don't use periods after an abbreviation if the first and last letters of the abbreviation are the same as the word.


For example, Dr Smith in London, Dr. Smith in Boston.


I'm guessing there should have been a "t" at the end and somebody forgot it. :-)







And no, I don't know how I found that page in the first place!

[MADem]

9. Unfortunate...and accurate....the bastard! nt

[Nye Bevan]

10. The British say "arse", not "ass" (nt)

[nilram]

11. Two countries separated by a common language.

Thank you George Bernard Shaw.

[Initech]

12. Well he is definitely an ASS, there's no debate about that one.

[johnnypneumatic]

13. you might be surprised what bbc is an abbreviation for

[Cant trust em]

14. Asst. usually works. nt