ChrisW

Retired diplomat

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@BBCNews @bbclaurak I think you mean “fare” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@garyobrien1610 @AlanOlive1 @LucyMPowell Burnham only has to resign as Mayor if he wins Makersfield… But I totally agree that this is Labour madness

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

Ohhh @BBCNews @radioproducer - the word you want is “administer” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@BBCSport Come on BBC (& editors): how many times? Get someone to teach you all about Chinese names! If you are using surnames (Trump/Vafaei), then the other match should be captioned Zhao/Ding….

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@BBCSport : oh BBC, how many times do you have to be told about Chinese names? Family names come first, so you should have “Murphy v Fan”….

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@BBCSport - can your snooker commentators please take some lessons in pronouncing Chinese names? Zhang An-dar, not “ander”. And if they are using surnames, then it is Zhao.. not Xintong

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@BBCSport Editing/spelling!!!!

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@BBCNews - sort out your grammar! As written, the woman victim was sent to jail 🤦🏻‍♂️ Replace “and” with “who” to make it make sense…

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@BBCWorld No, no, no BBC! The memorial to the USS Arizona is at Pearl Harbour (Honolulu, Hawaii). Abe did not go to Arizona🤦🏻‍♂️

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@BBCkatyaadler @BBCWorld Seriously, Katya??? Since when has “angst” become a verb in English?

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@DharshiniDavid @BBCNews - something missing… Slightly what? Bigger? Smaller? Fatter? Thinner?

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@BBCWorld - Don’t think you mean what you wrote here! >100 people were killed in an effort to contain the virus? No: >100 people died; and a million pigs were culled in the effort…

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@BBCLBicker - no, Beijing wasn’t. At the time the UN was established, the “Chinese” seat was held by the Republic of China (ie Taiwan)…

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@BBCNews : you need to brush up on your honours… ranks of KBE and DBE aren’t exclusive to Diplomatic Service and Overseas List - Jayne Torville is DBE on national list. And ranks for Order of British Empire include GBE & KBE/DBE.

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@Bloo_Skyes @gavinesler Blue passports?

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

⁦@BBCNews⁩ ⁦@nickeardleybbc⁩ - how about giving us some broader context? How many prisoners are released properly each day/year? https://t.co/hH1LAx222G

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

@gtconway3d Curious graphic design… Surely the red cross-out should be on top of the crown?

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

⁦@BBCLondonNews⁩ ⁦@BBCNews⁩ - the word for a knife covering is SHEATH. (Sheaf is a bundle of wheat…) 🤦🏻‍♂️ https://t.co/eQsaN2Y7rE

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

⁦@BBCNews⁩ ⁦@BBCPolitics⁩ - why do you presume that Reform will win the next election? You write Reform “will do” this, that and the other.. Surely the correct verbal mode is “Reform would do X, Y” … if they were to win! https://t.co/eqTLWh5Rhf

[ChrisW @CTW1959]

⁦@BBCNews⁩ ⁦@BBCWorld⁩ - “peaked”!!! Not “piqued”… Where are your editors, BBC? Can barely read an article without spelling or grammar mistakes these days 🤦🏻‍♂️