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Not related to the article. But can anyone shed light on why every other article I see starts with "an oral history of"? If it is written isn't it no longer ora

Not related to the article. But can anyone shed light on why every other article I see starts with "an oral history of"? If it is written isn't it no longer oral history.

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jawns 6y ago
It bugs me, too. Nowadays, "An oral history of X" just means "We interviewed multiple people related to X, and here is a written article containing some of their quotes." That's a lot different from what the Oral History Association describes in its principles and best practices, where the focus is on preserving sound recordings of interviews: https://www.oralhistory.org/about/principles-and-practices-revised-2009/ https://www.oralhistory.org/about/principles-and-practices-r...
x87678r 6y ago
NYT is still a notch above "You wont believe the history..." or "Your jaw will drop when you find out about...", but they need some hook to make you curious.
- IgorPartola 6y ago
  “We asked a professional shopper about BB&B coupons and you won’t believe what he had to say” “This one weird trick you can only use at BB&B” “10 things you can do with a BB&B coupon. Number 8 will amaze you” “BB&B managers hate him” “BB&B coupons considered harmful” “BB&B coupons are an anti-pattern” “BB&B coupons now available on npm” “BB&B coupons with Tensor Flow” “CSS-only BB&B coupons” “BB&B coupons in 6 lines of JavaScript” “Paul Graham on BB&B coupons”
  - wscott 6y ago
    A new one I have seen recently: "BB&B has fixed the worst thing about coupons"
  - RankingMember 6y ago
    "I wrote a BB&B coupon scraper in Rust"
    - YarickR2 6y ago
      And you won't believe how safe those coupons are
    - IgorPartola 6y ago
      “Fast lightweight BB&B coupons library in Go” “BB&B coupons using an ESP8266”
    - acheron 6y ago
      Things programmers believe about BB&B coupons
    - _e 6y ago
      Managing your BB&B coupons with Emacs & org-mode
  - sbankowi 6y ago
    Store your BB&B coupons in this new type of online notebook I wrote.
- burnthrow 6y ago
  > The verdict was still out on social media. One user tweeted "Why do I keep getting these in the mail? Nonsense." Another argued "I quite like these coupons, they're a nice treat."
  - lupire 6y ago
    The jury is out until the verdict comes out.
eli 6y ago
You're being overly literal. The definition of "oral history" in this context is telling a story through the personal experiences and recollections of people who were there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_history

Not related to the article. But can anyone shed light on why every other article I see starts with "an oral history of"? If it is written isn't it no longer oral history.

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jawns 6y ago

It bugs me, too. Nowadays, "An oral history of X" just means "We interviewed multiple people related to X, and here is a written article containing some of their quotes." That's a lot different from what the Oral History Association describes in its principles and best practices, where the focus is on preserving sound recordings of interviews: https://www.oralhistory.org/about/principles-and-practices-revised-2009/ https://www.oralhistory.org/about/principles-and-practices-r...

x87678r 6y ago

NYT is still a notch above "You wont believe the history..." or "Your jaw will drop when you find out about...", but they need some hook to make you curious.

IgorPartola 6y ago
“We asked a professional shopper about BB&B coupons and you won’t believe what he had to say” “This one weird trick you can only use at BB&B” “10 things you can do with a BB&B coupon. Number 8 will amaze you” “BB&B managers hate him” “BB&B coupons considered harmful” “BB&B coupons are an anti-pattern” “BB&B coupons now available on npm” “BB&B coupons with Tensor Flow” “CSS-only BB&B coupons” “BB&B coupons in 6 lines of JavaScript” “Paul Graham on BB&B coupons”
- wscott 6y ago
  A new one I have seen recently: "BB&B has fixed the worst thing about coupons"
- RankingMember 6y ago
  "I wrote a BB&B coupon scraper in Rust"
  - YarickR2 6y ago
    And you won't believe how safe those coupons are
  - IgorPartola 6y ago
    “Fast lightweight BB&B coupons library in Go” “BB&B coupons using an ESP8266”
  - acheron 6y ago
    Things programmers believe about BB&B coupons
  - _e 6y ago
    Managing your BB&B coupons with Emacs & org-mode
- sbankowi 6y ago
  Store your BB&B coupons in this new type of online notebook I wrote.
burnthrow 6y ago
> The verdict was still out on social media. One user tweeted "Why do I keep getting these in the mail? Nonsense." Another argued "I quite like these coupons, they're a nice treat."
- lupire 6y ago
  The jury is out until the verdict comes out.

eli 6y ago

You're being overly literal. The definition of "oral history" in this context is telling a story through the personal experiences and recollections of people who were there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_history