Value Subtracted@startrek.website to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days ago‘Letterkenny’ Producer On ‘Hate The Player: The Ben Johnson Story’: “What If We Look At This As ‘I Tonya’ Meets ‘Eastbound & Down’”deadline.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
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minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days ago tarnished the Olympic Games’ blue riband event Is that a typo or a Canadian thing?
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoThe Blue Riband was the prize for having the fastest Atlantic crossing, and has become a synonym for the most important or high profile prize. I was confused, too.
minus-squareValue Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoDeadline is actually an American Hollywood/entertainment industry trade outlet, so it’s definitely not a Canadian thing. Weird metaphor to have in your style guide, though.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 days agoYeah, it sounds 100% on point for something from Letterkenny tho Like, can’t tell if it was a mistake and they fucked up a common word, or intentionally used a more complicated then needed one.
Is that a typo or a Canadian thing?
The Blue Riband was the prize for having the fastest Atlantic crossing, and has become a synonym for the most important or high profile prize.
I was confused, too.
Deadline is actually an American Hollywood/entertainment industry trade outlet, so it’s definitely not a Canadian thing.
Weird metaphor to have in your style guide, though.
Yeah, it sounds 100% on point for something from Letterkenny tho
Like, can’t tell if it was a mistake and they fucked up a common word, or intentionally used a more complicated then needed one.