<h2>'Welcome to the year of the whores': Subtitling error on BBC News ushers in unexpected sign for Chinese New Year<br></h2> <ul><li><b><font style="font-size:1.4em;">Mistake spotted by many viewers on Friday evening on the hour at 7pm <br></font></b></li><li><b><font style="font-size:1.4em;">It happened during the bulletin being presented by Rajesh Mirchandani</font></b></li><li><b><font style="font-size:1.4em;">BBC insists error was acknowledged and quickly corrected - to 'horse'</font></b></li></ul><p class="author-section byline-plain">By <a href="/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Mark+Duell" class="author" rel="nofollow">Mark Duell</a> </p> <p class="byline-section"><span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-published"> <span class="article-timestamp-label">Published:</span> <time datetime="2014-02-03T23:52:29+0000"> 23:52 BST, 3 February 2014 </time> </span> | <span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated"> <span class="article-timestamp-label">Updated:</span> <time datetime="2014-02-03T23:52:29+0000"> 23:52 BST, 3 February 2014 </time> </span> </p> <div data-preferred-shared-network-enabled="" id="articleIconLinksContainer"> <ul> <br><br><br><u><strong><li class="share-facebook-long"></li></strong></u><br><li class="share-twitter"></li><br><br><li class="share-pinterest"></li> <li class="share-flipboard"> <a class="js-tl" rel="" href=""></a> </li> <li class="share-fbmessenger"> <a class="js-tl" rel="" href=""></a> </li> <li class="share-email"> <a rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="mailto:?subject=Read this: 'Welcome to the year of the whores': Subtitling error on BBC News ushers in unexpected sign for Chinese New Year&body=%27Welcome%20to%20the%20year%20of%20the%20whores%27%3A%20Subtitling%20error%20on%20BBC%20News%20ushers%20in%20unexpected%20sign%20for%20Chinese%20New%20Year%0A%0AA%20subtitling%20error%20spotted%20by%20many%20viewers%20saw%20the%20channel%20declare%3A%20%27Welcome%20to%20the%20year%20of%20the%20whores.%20People%20around%20the%20globe%20celebrate.website <span class="wai">e-mail</span> </a> </li> <li data-anchor="tl" data-twitter-status=" website via @MailOnline" data-formatted-headline="'The year of the whores': BBC News error ushers in Chinese New Year" data-hide-email="true" data-article-id="2551240" data-article-channel-follow-button="MailOnline" data-is-channel="false" id="shareLinkTop" class="share-icons" data-placement="top" website <a class="js-sl share-link email_share_article-top" href="#socialLinks"></a> </li> </ul> <a class="comments-count home" href="/news/article-2551240/Welcome-year-whores-BBC-News-subtitling-error-ushers-Chinese-New-Year.html#comments"> <span></span> <p class="count-number"> 71</p> <p class="count-text">View <br> comments</p> </a> </div> <!-- ad: website --> <br><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">BBC News has marked Chinese New Year by welcoming viewers into the _year of the whores'.</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">A subtitling error spotted by many viewers on Friday evening on the hour at around 7pm saw the channel declare: _Welcome to the year of the whores.<br><br>People around the globe celebrate.'</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">The mistake happened during the bulletin being presented by Rajesh Mirchandani. But the BBC insisted tonight that the error was acknowledged and quickly corrected - to the 'year of the horse'.</font></p><div class="clear"> </div><div class="artSplitter"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-5b5a0d2d" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="384" width="634" alt="Error: A subtitling error spotted by many viewers on Friday evening on the hour at around 7pm saw the channel declare: 'Welcome to the year of the whores. People around the globe celebrate'" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-5b5a0d2d" website height="384" width="634" alt="Error: A subtitling error spotted by many viewers on Friday evening on the hour at around 7pm saw the channel declare: 'Welcome to the year of the whores. People around the globe celebrate'" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> <p class="imageCaption">Error: A subtitling error spotted by many viewers on Friday evening on the hour at around 7pm saw the channel declare: 'Welcome to the year of the whores.<br><br>People around the globe celebrate'</p> </div><p> </p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">The fault was first spotted by copywriter Rebecca Hunter, of south-west London, who said on Twitter: 'The subtitles on BBC News just informed me that it's now the Chinese year of the whores...'</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">Adam Heasman, of Sheerness, Kent, added: 'Apparently BBC subtitles think we have entered the Chinese Year of the Whores...<br><br>#Giggidy' - referencing hypersexual Family Guy character Quagmire.</font></p><p></p><div data-track-module="am-related_carousel^related_carousel" data-track-selector=".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])" data-dm-rotator-rotate="false" data-track-pos="static" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled="" data-dm-rotator-auto-init="" id="p-20" class="related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half" data-dm-rotator-active-class="active" data-dm-rotator-page-count="2.0" data-dm-social-article-auto-init="" data-dm-rotator-page-size="1"> <div class="rotator bdrcc"> <div class="rotator-title"> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class="rotator-pages link-xocc"> <li class="rotator-prev"><a href="#" data-page="prev">Previous</a></li> <li><a href="#" data-page="1">1</a></li> <li><a href="#" data-page="2">2</a></li> <li class="rotator-next"><a href="#" data-page="next">Next</a></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox"> <li> <a href="/news/article-2551061/Ex-BBC-boss-Mark-Thompson-FINALLY-apologises-disastrous-IT-project-wasted-98million-licence-fee.html"> <img website width="62" height="60" /> <span>Ex-BBC boss Mark Thompson FINALLY apologises for the...</span> </a> <a href="/tvshowbiz/article-2551006/Carol-Vorderman-cool-collected-smart-black-jacket-cream-trousers.html"> <img website width="62" height="60" /> <span>No fashion mayday for her! 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The year of the horse is generally considered an auspicious time.</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">Previous mistakes with the BBC subtitling system over the years include it calling the Labour leader _Ed Miller Band' and the Church of England leader the _arch *** of Canterbury'.</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">The bizarre gaffes are understood to be caused during live events where either a stenographer types words phonetically or by speech recognition. </font></p><div class="clear"> </div><div class="artSplitter"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-a6d60e51" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="420" width="634" alt="Horse costumes: Performers during the annual Chinese New Year parade through Central London yesterday" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-a6d60e51" website height="420" width="634" alt="Horse costumes: Performers during the annual Chinese New Year parade through Central London yesterday" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> <p class="imageCaption">Horse costumes: Performers during the annual Chinese New Year parade through Central London yesterday</p> </div><p> </p><div class="clear"> </div><div class="artSplitter"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-a73f0e5f" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="414" width="634" alt="Colourful: A Chinese dragon leads the annual Chinese New Year parade through Central London yesterday" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-a73f0e5f" website height="414" width="634" alt="Colourful: A Chinese dragon leads the annual Chinese New Year parade through Central London yesterday" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> <p class="imageCaption">Colourful: A Chinese dragon leads the annual Chinese New Year parade through Central London yesterday</p> </div><p> </p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">This sees a person talking into a microphone as they observe the broadcast and a computer then changes what they are saying to subtitles.</font></p><div class="floatRHS"><p><b><font style="font-size: 1.4em;">'Welcome to the year of the whores.<br><br>People around the globe celebrate'</font></b></p></div> <p> </p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">Three years ago, the BBC came under fire from groups for the hard of hearing for an increasing number of errors. During the Queen Mother's funeral in 2002, a solemn call for silence became _we will now have a moment's violence'.<br><br></font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">And when a BBC announcer revealed the Government was _making helpful decisions', deaf viewers would have been left wondering why politicians were _making holes for surgeons'.</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">A BBC spokesman said at the time in October 2011: _Mistakes will happen, but we do all we can to keep this to a minimum and are constantly striving to improve accuracy.'</font></p><p></p><p> </p> <div class="clear"> </div></div><br><br><!-- ad: website --><br><br>Here is more information regarding <a href="http://Myvideo***.com/">ounce</a> visit our web site.
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