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Strange that the BBC quote says 'mum' but the original piece uses 'mom'
by arprocter 8y ago
Strange that the BBC quote says 'mum' but the original piece uses 'mom'
- lmm 8y agoThe BBC writes in British English, and that's how the word is spelled here (or, if you consider them to be distinct words, "mom" is not a word). Just as I'd expect the BBC to write e.g. "colour" even if quoting an American source.
- arprocter 8y agoI was always lead to believe that anything inside "these" was a direct quote
- lmm 8y agoMy understanding of newspaper tradition was that quotes can always be edited for clarity or grammar. Some famous quotes go further, e.g. "Crisis? What Crisis?" was printed in quotes despite not being the words Callaghan said.