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Gunga Din, Bring Copy!

Posted by Nick Schou in Naranja News, OC Register Death Watch

June 19, 2008 10:47 AM

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gungadin_new.jpgSources we know who know sources at the Register say there's a rumor circulating around Grand Street, namely that the visionary wizards at Freedom Communications are about to embark on a new experiment: outsourcing weekend copy editing for the Register-owned San Clemente Sun-Post to the Indian subcontinent.

One source wondered whether using folks for whom English may be a second language--okay, okay: so English is a second language (after American) for us Yanks, too--is such a great idea.

"One weekend copy ed[iting] shift for the Register will be staffed by Mind Works Global Media -- that's the Indian company -- which on its website refers to 'staff' as a plural and hyphenates the word 'cooperative,'" the source noted. "This is an experiment that will spread through Freedom newspapers if successful, or if local public outcry doesn't abort it.

According to the company's website, it is "headquartered close to New Delhi in India, where knowledge [sic] workers and cutting-edge technology combine to deliver thoroughly dependable and high-quality services to organisations [sic] across the world.

Blogging customers of the Navel Gazings, please to be keeping your eyelids fixed on our websites for future updates of this matter of highmost importancy.

 

Comments (9)

  1. Bob Squalonero says:
    June 19, 2008 11:58

    Goodness gracious!

    Children, please not to playing with the copee machine!

  2. Anonymous says:
    June 19, 2008 14:42

    Very interesting. I've been to India a number of times and while I absolutely love the country, I am not sure how successful they will be at copy editing. Certainly the well educated speak wonderful English, but this is British/Indian English. They tend to organize sentences in a different manner than we Yanks do, and also may not recognize much of the slang and syntax which has become a staple of the American lexicon. That being said, this seems to be just one step closer to the Death of the Orange County Register.

  3. Tesoro Freak says:
    June 19, 2008 18:18

    But when there's a weekend story about students changing their grades at local schools, will the New Delhians refuse to cover it?

  4. Jay Dee says:
    June 20, 2008 09:34

    Hey - why stop there. Why not outsource Register management to India.

  5. observer says:
    June 20, 2008 13:43

    Well ... it couldn't get any worse, could it?

  6. just an idea says:
    June 20, 2008 15:04

    Just when you think they couldn't possibly make another bad business decision...
    Don't they even consider that might upset their paying customer? If they outsource the jobs that keep people working here, then who will be able to stay around and buy thier damn paper?

  7. Anonymous says:
    June 21, 2008 01:03

    Maybe the Reg can get Sarah Michelle Spinoza to do the copy editing. She needs a paying gig. Oh and by the way SMS, Happy Fathers Day (belated)

  8. A copy editor who cares says:
    June 23, 2008 00:24

    No biggie here, but all of those supposed spelling errors are just British English, which makes sense, since that's the English spoken and written in India.

  9. Oh Really? says:
    June 23, 2008 10:26

    What is a knowledge worker?

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