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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
American Spelling in UK newspapers?
American Sources - Agencies
American and nonsense spelling? I'm in the media and this is what I think is happening. The reason for the American spelling in UK/other newspapers is simple. An American news agency is putting out news about America which is sold worldwide to other newspapers.
Changes & Simply Pasting Up
The other newspapers presumably pay a monthly or annual fee. They may or may not have to credit the original source. If they credit the original source, to protect the reputation for spelling and accuracy the original source might not allow them to change the original. One or two students or young people on low wages are probably paid to insert whole articles unchanged.
Spellcheckers
An automatic spellchecker makes nonsense of some words which change to those with similar spelling.
Voicemail
If a reporter phones in the report from the scene, voice recognition types the report using similar sounds.
Comments sent by text can also be turned to nonsense when spellcheckers are used.
Voice recognition is also used by a mobile phone or answering service.
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