Comments on bulbulistan: tds

2010-04-19T08:28:24.631+02:00

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Yes, it is like here in Slovakia, many people who ...

2010-03-26T15:38:36.819+01:00

Yes, it is like here in Slovakia, many people who took advantage of 5€ ryanair tickets to Edinburgh will describe their trip as "a weekend in England".

Here in the UK, Czechoslovakia is frequently confu...

2010-03-20T13:34:10.590+01:00

Here in the UK, Czechoslovakia is frequently confused with 'the Czech Republic', both being similarly multisyllabic thus the pairing "Czechoslovakia and Slovakia" is often heard. The vast majority of the population (especially those under around 35) do not have the slightest idea about Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic/Slovakia/Slovenia (even if they've been to Prague or Bratislava on a stag weekend).

That would explain it, although - and this may com...

2010-03-19T21:03:13.606+01:00

That would explain it, although - and this may come as a suprise to some - TDS is not really a news program. That whole bit must have been written by staff writers and all the elements, i.e. the video, carefully selected and prepared.

Subtitling of news programs is done in real time, ...

2010-03-19T20:55:46.513+01:00

Subtitling of news programs is done in real time, and if the word is not available in the system (it does, after all, refer to an entity no longer in existence), it is coded phonetically and spelled so. A word-based system may function worse rather than better the more words it knows; far better to misspell a word rather than to insert the wrong word. For example, suer 'one who sues' is undoubtedly a legitimate word of English. But it would be foolish to add it to a spelling-correction dictionary, for 99 times out of 100 it will be a mere typo for user.