What's telling with the spelling...?

by missbeetle 14.07.15 6:29

Google search results for 'Madeleine McCann' gave me this :

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The Telegraph article's own headlines look like this :

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What's with the dissing? Any ideas?

by **Tony Bennett** 14.07.15 7:31

missbeetle wrote:Google search results for 'Madeleine McCann' gave me this :

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The Telegraph article's own headlines look like this :

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What's with the dissing? Any ideas?

Short for 'disappeared? winkwink

by missbeetle 14.07.15 8:46

Perhaps, Tony...

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I'd have hoped it'd be short for 'discuss'.

Another odd headline spelling mistake which has remained uncorrected :

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(snipped from Time.com)

by Amy Dean 14.07.15 9:00

Dis or diss is slang for disrespect. "Don't diss your elders" for example.

The McCanns could not of course be accused of doing that to anyone, says she with tongue firmly in cheek.

by Richard IV 14.07.15 9:40

missbeetle wrote:Google search results for 'Madeleine McCann' gave me this :

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The Telegraph article's own headlines look like this :

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What's with the dissing? Any ideas?

Just a word processing mistake IMO. The word `disappearance` was initially included somewhere in the sentence then changed and that bit missed.

`Diss` was used before the Jamaican `rap/respect` slang became integrated into our language - it merely meant dismissed.

by **PeterMac** 14.07.15 10:49

Richard IV wrote:
`Diss` was used before the Jamaican `rap/respect` slang became integrated into our language - it merely meant dismissed.

The mock Ghetto JamAfrican is NOT integrated into my language, Sir.

by **Tony Bennett** 14.07.15 12:03

PeterMac wrote:
Richard IV wrote:
'Diss' was used before the Jamaican 'rap/respect' slang became integrated into our language - it merely meant dismissed.
The mock Ghetto JamAfrican is NOT integrated into my language, Sir.

Er...

Cambridge Dictionaries Online:

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QUOTE

diss verb

(-ss-) (also dis)

to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] or [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] to someone, or to show someone no [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]:

e.g. Don't diss me, man!

UNQUOTE

According to this site,

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five hip-hop words have made it into the Oxford English Dictionary:

Bling (tat clothing and jewellery)

Jiggy (dance in a sexually provocative manner)

Twerk (ditto)

Dope

and

Phat.

All part of our rich cultural heritage!

by lj 14.07.15 14:21

Tony Bennett wrote:
missbeetle wrote:Google search results for 'Madeleine McCann' gave me this :

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The Telegraph article's own headlines look like this :

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What's with the dissing? Any ideas?
Short for 'disappeared?

Disinformation?

by **Hobs** 14.07.15 20:45

D is next to S on the keyboard.
it is possible it should be did and not dis.

WE are well aware of typos espcially with the daily mail, maybe the Telegraph wants to join the party dance

by Richard IV 14.07.15 21:45

PeterMac wrote:
Richard IV wrote:
`Diss` was used before the Jamaican `rap/respect` slang became integrated into our language - it merely meant dismissed.
The mock Ghetto JamAfrican is NOT integrated into my language, Sir.

Nor mine, actually.

But hey man you don like zee gangsta rap ?

Not sure if Jamaican English is included in the Oxford English dictionary - probably a lot of it is.