Archive - October, 2007

BBC using ‘pro-life’ instead of ‘anti-abortion’

27 October 2007 by K, No Comments

Quoth the BBC News Styleguide:

Pro-life is used in the United States to denote the lobby which opposes abortion. In the UK, there is an implication that if you are not pro-life then you are anti-life or pro-death. Avoid this moral minefield by using anti-abortion.

So why are the BBC describing the old blokes standing outside Parliament holding up pictures of Jesus as “pro life” instead of “anti-abortion”, in an item about the abortion laws on BBC Breakfast news this morning?

When localisation goes wrong…

11 October 2007 by K, No Comments

From Singapore Airlines’ description of its business class cabin (bolding is my own):

Providing you with top-shelf choices, Singapore Airline’s inflight entertainment system, KrisWorld, offer more than 450 entertainment options…