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Gunga Din, Bring Copy!

By Nick Schou, Thursday, Jun. 19 2008 @ 10:47AM
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Categories: Naranja News

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.

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Bob Squalonero says:

Goodness gracious!

Children, please not to playing with the copee machine!

Posted On: Thursday, Jun. 19 2008 @ 11:58AM
Anonymous says:

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.

Posted On: Thursday, Jun. 19 2008 @ 2:42PM
Tesoro Freak says:

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

Posted On: Thursday, Jun. 19 2008 @ 6:18PM
Jay Dee says:

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

Posted On: Friday, Jun. 20 2008 @ 9:34AM
observer says:

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

Posted On: Friday, Jun. 20 2008 @ 1:43PM
just an idea says:

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?

Posted On: Friday, Jun. 20 2008 @ 3:04PM
Anonymous says:

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)

Posted On: Saturday, Jun. 21 2008 @ 1:03AM
A copy editor who cares says:

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.

Posted On: Monday, Jun. 23 2008 @ 12:24AM
Oh Really? says:

What is a knowledge worker?

Posted On: Monday, Jun. 23 2008 @ 10:26AM

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