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Complain when titles are changed. Complain when titles are printed verbatim as-is. Complain when an article from Vox (an explicitly American website) is writt

Complain when titles are changed. Complain when titles are printed verbatim as-is. Complain when an article from Vox (an explicitly American website) is written from an American perspective. Say what you want, but I can't imagine an American being lame enough to request that a football article from "theguardian.com" be renamed to specify "soccer".

googlryas 4y ago
Look on the bright side - we've moved beyond the "I think you mean handegg" meme when people complain about American football vs rest-of-the-world football. And, to be fair, I am an American and am certainly lame enough to complain when I see something Britishly done that I don't like. For example, when a BBC article is posted about UNICEF, their capitalization rules have them bizarrely spell it "Unicef".
- JadeNB 4y ago
  > Look on the bright side - we've moved beyond the "I think you mean handegg" meme when people complain about American football vs rest-of-the-world football. Sure? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33194609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33194609
User23 4y ago
Especially since "soccer" is actually English and not American slang. I'm not clear on the details on account of English slang delights in its incomprehensibility to outsiders, but apparently it's short for "association (football)."
- gumby 4y ago
  Also used in Australia where four kinds of football are played: AFL, Rugby Union, Rugby League and Soccer.
- gadders 4y ago
  "Soccer" is not really used in the UK unless you are a) posh or b) need an alliteration (such as the TV show Soccer Saturday).
JadeNB 4y ago
> Complain when titles are changed. > Complain when titles are printed verbatim as-is. Unless you have in mind a specific instance of StevePerkins's doing both of these, you're not pointing out an inconsistency, just that you can't make everyone happy—which isn't a good reason on its own to write off any particular request. > Complain when an article from Vox (an explicitly American website) is written from an American perspective. I didn't see any complaint about anything, and even the request was made to HN, which, to my understanding, is not an explicitly American website, or at least welcomes an international audience. I did not see even an implicit suggestion that Vox should change their headline.
jeltz 4y ago
You should assume good intent. Unless you specifically know that the specific user you replied to have complained about both you should not put words in their mouth.
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gadders 4y ago
The article is about American football, but the headline is non-specific and I thought this website (and YC) was global?

googlryas 4y ago

Look on the bright side - we've moved beyond the "I think you mean handegg" meme when people complain about American football vs rest-of-the-world football. And, to be fair, I am an American and am certainly lame enough to complain when I see something Britishly done that I don't like. For example, when a BBC article is posted about UNICEF, their capitalization rules have them bizarrely spell it "Unicef".

JadeNB 4y ago
> Look on the bright side - we've moved beyond the "I think you mean handegg" meme when people complain about American football vs rest-of-the-world football. Sure? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33194609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33194609

User23 4y ago

Especially since "soccer" is actually English and not American slang. I'm not clear on the details on account of English slang delights in its incomprehensibility to outsiders, but apparently it's short for "association (football)."

gumby 4y ago
Also used in Australia where four kinds of football are played: AFL, Rugby Union, Rugby League and Soccer.
gadders 4y ago
"Soccer" is not really used in the UK unless you are a) posh or b) need an alliteration (such as the TV show Soccer Saturday).

JadeNB 4y ago

> Complain when titles are changed. > Complain when titles are printed verbatim as-is. Unless you have in mind a specific instance of StevePerkins's doing both of these, you're not pointing out an inconsistency, just that you can't make everyone happy—which isn't a good reason on its own to write off any particular request. > Complain when an article from Vox (an explicitly American website) is written from an American perspective. I didn't see any complaint about anything, and even the request was made to HN, which, to my understanding, is not an explicitly American website, or at least welcomes an international audience. I did not see even an implicit suggestion that Vox should change their headline.

jeltz 4y ago

You should assume good intent. Unless you specifically know that the specific user you replied to have complained about both you should not put words in their mouth.

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gadders 4y ago

The article is about American football, but the headline is non-specific and I thought this website (and YC) was global?