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  • 17-01-2019 11:59pm
    #1
    Recliner
    Registered Users Posts: 878 ✭✭✭


    TV advert for Saturday's Irish Independent; last time I checked, Offaly only had one L.
    In fairness it does skip by quite quickly. For some reason it caught my eye.


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  • #2
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Pretty minor seeing as there are basically no subs left anywhere at this stage.


  • #3
    Recliner
    Registered Users Posts: 878 ✭✭✭Recliner


    L1011 wrote: »
    Pretty minor seeing as there are basically no subs left anywhere at this stage.

    Sorry, I don't understand that.


  • #4
    IRE60
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭IRE60


    I believe that L1011 was referring more to the state of the industry. There are no 'properly trained' sub editors in the business these days. Typos like that would have been caught in the past due to the diligence of decent sub.


    [but what a mistake!)


  • #5
    dohboy
    Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭dohboy


    Sub editors don't work on TV ads btw.


  • #6
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    dohboy wrote: »
    Sub editors don't work on TV ads btw.

    Advert Writers, marketing team, advert buyers, graphic designers, Editors, directors, copywriters.... and so on.


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  • #7
    IRE60
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭IRE60


    I would have been reviewed by at least one of the editorial team - most likely the property editor (or whoever is doing that job) - prior to if being signed off.


  • #8
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,045 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    An offally bad mistake to make. Especially when people are countying on them.


  • #9
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    Likely just the fault of some rushed motion graphics designer that input the text for the TV ad,
    but should have been checked by 'at least' one other person (usually brand/marketing manager) before signing it off.

    Not too serious in the light of some tv ads being made today (Jillette).


  • #10
    Up Donegal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,236 ✭✭✭Up Donegal


    Those who run these media forums are becoming more dependent on spell-checking functions on their computers.


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