What's telling with the spelling...?

[missbeetle]

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?

[Tony Bennett]

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

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What's with the dissing? Any ideas?

Short for 'disappeared?

[missbeetle]

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)

[Amy Dean]

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.

[Richard IV]

Google search results for 'Madeleine McCann' gave me 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.

[PeterMac]

`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.

[Tony Bennett]

'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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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! 

[lj]

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?

[Hobs]

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

[Richard IV]

`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.

[canada12]

Dis Madeleine McCann latest.... are police any closer to knowing da trute?

[cbeagle]

Interesting that the Telegraph article has the term "madeleine mccann found" in its keyword list