sasquatch 7413 Report post Posted February 5, 2014 While millions in China and around the world celebrated the Year of the Horse, the BBC got it more than a little bit wrong. In a tremendous closed captioning fail, the UK's national broadcaster announced the 2014 lunar year would belong to a somewhat different breed. No doubt nostrils were flaring when the subtitles flashed across the screen: "Welcome to the year of the whores. People around the globe celebrate." The Chinese zodiac has years assigned to different animals in a 12-year cycle. Next year will be that of the Sheep, last year was the Snake. This is not the first time the BBC has had closed captioning issues, once labelling the Archbishop of Canterbury the "Arch bitch of Canterbury" and calling for "a moment's violence" during the Queen Mother's funeral. http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/bbc-welcomes-year-of-the-whores-after-subtitle-fail/story-e6frfmyi-1226816430357 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
